Millie S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2395
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Millie S., who was born in Grossenlinden, Germany in 1991. She recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; attending public school; changes after Hitler became known; her brother being stabbed by a young Nazi in 1928; marriage; her son's birth; her parents' and younger brother's emigration to the United States in 1936; her husband's and brother-in-law's imprisonment on Kristallnacht; hiding with her son when her apartment was ransacked; the police chief warning her to leave town; traveling to Frankfurt; learning her husband was in Buchenwald; the town's mayor warning her to leave Germany; traveling to the Netherlands; embarking for the United States; the ship's captain receiving orders to return all Jews; ignoring them since they were in international waters; her husband's arrival in 1939 (he never recovered from injuries sustained in Buchenwald and had to live in a nursing home); and working several jobs while her mother watched her son. Ms. S. discusses returning to Germany and being treated well; living with her parents until their deaths; and restoring her brother's grave and having a memorial built in Grossenlinden. She shows photographs.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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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