- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Bella U., who was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1928. She recalls her comfortable childhood prior to 1934; her mother identifying herself as a Christian to protect their house during Kristallnacht (she had converted to Judaism); her father obtaining passage to Cuba after his brief arrest in May 1939; their departure on the St. Louis from Hamburg; refusal by the Cuban government to allow debarkation of any passengers; sailing between Cuba and Florida while efforts were made to find refuge; returning to Europe; living in Cherbourg, then Poitiers and Loudun; her father's internment as an "enemy alien"; his release after German invasion; arrest with her family in 1942; release with her mother and sister after her mother declared herself a Christian (they never saw her father again); arrest with her mother and sister in 1944; and release from Drancy with assistance from a German official. Mrs. U. describes living in Paris and Loudun; liberation; their emigration to the United States in 1947; her mother's death in 1949; and her marriage in 1950. She discusses her reluctance to share these memories with her children; visits to Europe; and attending the St. Louis reunion. She shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- U., Bella, 1928-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
- Interview Date
- November 11, 1989.
- Locale
- Germany
Nuremberg (Germany)
Cherbourg (France)
Poitiers (France)
Loudun (France)
Paris (France)
- Cite As
- Bella U. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1296). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Eger, Jane, interviewer.
Rosenstock, Sandra, interviewer.
