- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Marianne D., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1935. She recalls living among a large extended family; German invasion in 1940; antisemitic measures, including wearing the yellow star; her father's arrest; arrest with her sister and mother; placement in a children's home; escaping to her grandmother's house; being taken with other children to Limburg; being hidden with eight different families over two and a half years; divulging she was Jewish to friends which necessitated frequent moves; one brief placement with her sister; liberation; living with her uncle in Tilburg; reunion with her mother and sister; her father's return (he had been in Auschwitz); returning to their home in Amsterdam; and their emigration to the United States in 1949. Mrs. D. discusses her father's nightmares, unwillingness to share his experiences, anger, and eventual suicide; her mother's and her own emotional difficulties; her belief that marrying a Christian was due to her search for security; attending services but not joining a synagogue, fearing identification as a Jew; ambivalence about sharing her experiences with her children; attending the first Hidden Child Conference; and recent reconciliation with her sister after years of estrangement.
- Author/Creator
- D., Marianne, 1935-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. :bA Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- May 28, 1991.
- Locale
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Netherlands
Limburg (Netherlands)
Tilburg (Netherlands)
- Cite As
- Marianne D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1862). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Pery, Jaschael, interviewer.
