Francine E. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Francine E., who was born in Czechoslovakia, in 1929, one of five children. She recalls living in Satu Mare; tones of antisemitism; having to wear the yellow star and expulsion from school in spring 1944; ghettoization; her father obtaining Christian papers for her and her sister and instructing them to go to Budapest; living with family friends; their friend's entry into a Swedish safe house; being refused entry because they had Christian papers; living in hotels; attending church; her sister's employer and his wife offering assistance after learning they were Jewish; living with them; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Satu Mare; recovering jewelry her father had hidden; waiting at the train station for relatives (none returned); their illegal entry into Germany; living in Landshut displaced persons camp; moving to Munich; assistance from the Joint; and emigration to Canada in 1948 and to the United States in 1952. Mrs. E. notes that waiting for family to return was the most painful time for her; difficulties remembering details of her experience; and sharing her experiences with her children when they were older. She shows photographs.

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