Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hilda S., who was born in Bochum, Germany in 1923. She recalls expulsion from public school in 1933; attending Jewish school; assistance from a German neighbor on Kristallnacht; her father's arrest; fleeing to Bergen aan Zee in December 1938; living in a Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam; returning to emigrate with her parents from Hamburg on the St. Louis; being denied entry to Cuba; returning to Holland in June 1939; living with her parents in a refugee camp in Heijplaat; attending school in Amsterdam; transfer with her parents to Westerbork; evacuation to the countryside in 1940; German invasion; their return to Westerbork; avoiding deportation in 1942 due to her father's privileged position; deportation with her parents and fiance to Terezín in January 1944; her marriage by a rabbi; her father's and husband's deportation (she never saw them again); forced labor; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Amsterdam via Nuremberg; and emigration to the United States. She discusses dreaming of freedom and food in Terezín; the importance to her own survival of being with and helping her mother; continuing nightmares and fears; and the influence of her experiences on raising her children.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1986
- Interview Date
- April 6, 1986.
- Locale
- Germany
Bochum (Germany)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Bergen aan Zee (Netherlands)
Hamburg (Germany)
Nuremberg (Germany) - Cite As
- Hilda S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-707). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 24 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Aid by non-Jews.
Marriage in concentration camps.
Husband Death.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Orphanages. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Forced labor. Mothers and daughters. Dreams. Nightmares. Germany. Bochum (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Amsterdam (Netherlands) Bergen aan Zee (Netherlands) Hamburg (Germany) Nuremberg (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Fathers and daughters. S., Hilda,--1923- St. Louis (Ship) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Heijplaat (Refugee camp) Westerbork (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
-
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1108248
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:24:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1108248
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