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Ketty L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1920) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1920

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ketty L., who was born in Athens, Greece in 1914. In addition to information included in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-926), Mrs. L. recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; celebrating Jewish holidays; the famine affecting all Greeks when they were hiding; helping others in Bergen-Belsen; group prayers in their barrack on Yom Kippur; attempts by United States troops to prevent the spread of typhus after liberation; and learning of the death camps and the murder of many relatives. She discusses continuing sadness and anger over the deaths of so many she knew; speaking to school classes; and several visits to Greece.
Author/Creator: L., Ketty, 1914-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: November 27, 1991.
Locale: Greece
Athens (Greece)
Hillersleben (Germany)
Paris (France)
Marseille (France)
Bari (Italy)
Cite As: Ketty L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1920). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Ketty L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-926), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 22 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Italian occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
False papers.
Hiding.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Mothers and sons. Husband and wife. Families. Greece. Athens (Greece) Hillersleben (Germany) Paris (France) Marseille (France) Bari (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) L., Ketty,--1914- Haidari (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Bergen-Belsen (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/4285158
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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