Eva J. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2006
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Eva J., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland in 1931. She recalls living in Rava-Rus?ka; her father moving to France due to antisemitism; she and her mother joining him in Paris in 1935; her father's enlistment when the war began; fleeing to with her mother to Lisieux; returning to Paris; German invasion in June 1940; her father moving to the unoccupied zone; being smuggled with her mother to join him in Valence; benign Italian occupation; German invasion; being hidden in a remote village for three months, pretending to be Catholic; returning to her mother; her sister's birth in 1943; visiting her father in hiding; his resistance activities in the Forces franc?aises de l'inte?rieur; liberation by United States troops; working as a teacher; a visit to the United States in 1954; marriage to an American; and bringing her sister and parents to the U.S. Mrs. J. discusses her father's friend who saved them among 200 Jews. She shows photographs and discusses her parents' bitterness and belief that everyone is antisemitic.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

Conditions Governing Access

This testimony is open with permission.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

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