- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Edith A., who was born in Tverʹ, Russia in 1917. She recalls attending Jewish school in Łódź; attending university in Kraków; antisemitic incidents; studying at the Sorbonne in 1939; her parents' and sister's visit in July 1939; her sister's surgery in Bordeaux; her parents' departure for Poland on August 21, 1939; attempts to return home with her sister; the outbreak of war; contacting her parents via Vienna and Switzerland; German invasion; fleeing from Bordeaux to Biarritz and Bollène with her sister; escaping a round-up in August 1942 with assistance from a physician in Orange; hiding with her sister in Perpignan with assistance from a non-Jew; their arrest and incarceration in Rivesaltes in September; avoiding deportations with assistance from the French doctor who performed her sister's surgery; transfer to Gurs; typing lists of arriving and departing prisoners; sharing bread with her sister; returning to Bollène in April 1943 with assistance from their landlady; liberation by United States troops in August 1944; working as a translator in Marseille; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. A. discusses the importance of her sister to her survival and their continuing sustaining relationship.
- Author/Creator
- A., Edith, 1917-
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1990
- Interview Date
- October 28, 1990.
- Locale
- Russia
Tverʹ (Russia)
Łódź (Poland)
Kraków (Poland)
Paris (France)
Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Biarritz (France)
Orange (France)
Bollène (France)
Perpignan (France)
Marseille (France)
- Cite As
- Edith A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1668). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Siegel, Allen M., interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Rose A. Holocaust testimony [sister](HVT-1670), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
