Esther L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Esther L., who was born in Munich, Germany in 1926. She recounts visits from her father who worked in Pirmasens; attending a Jewish school; Jewish holidays with her maternal grandparents; belonging to Betar; Kristallnacht; assistance from their non-Jewish neighbors; joining her father in Holland in 1939 with her mother and sister; her father arranging her grandparents' illegal immigration to Brussels; attending school in Tilburg; German invasion in 1940; attending high school in Rotterdam, then in Oss; the Tilburg police chief warning her parents of a deportation; obtaining false papers; hiding with her mother and sister with a Dutch friend's family; her father's arrest and deportation to Westerbork and Auschwitz; hiding with her mother and sister on a farm with assistance from the underground; liberation by British troops in October 1944; friendships with soldiers from the Jewish brigade; her father's return; emigrating alone to the United States; marriage; and the birth of her two sons. Mrs. L. discusses losing her childhood because of the Holocaust; sharing her experiences with her children and grandchildren; and her father's emotional problems resulting from his camp experiences.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- L., Esther, -- 1926-
Corporate Bodies
- Betar.
Subjects
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Child survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Hiding.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- False papers.
- Survivor-child relations.
Places
- Germany.
- Munich (Germany)
- Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Oss (Netherlands)
- Germany -- History -- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Tilburg (Netherlands)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat