- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lucy F., who was born in Odesa, Russia (presently Ukraine) in 1916. She recounts her mother's death during her birth; moving to Estonia with her father; his remarriage; living in Berlin; attending school in Switzerland; her father's death; living in France with her stepmother who had remarried; her conversion to Catholicism; the outbreak of war; visiting relatives in Estonia; attending university in London; traveling to France; expulsion for sheltering German Jewish refugees; moving to Portugal where her step-parents lived; working for a Portuguese Jewish organization which helped refugees; obtaining documents to emigrate to the United States; emigrating in 1941; living in Jackonsville and New York; her postwar marriage; living in several countries; and working in the film industry. Mrs. F. shows photographs and discusses Lisbon's vibrant wartime artistic life.
- Author/Creator
- F., Lucy, 1916-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1994
- Interview Date
- July 18, 1994.
- Locale
- Odesa (Ukraine)
Russia
Estonia
Berlin (Germany)
Switzerland
London (England)
Lisbon (Portugal)
- Cite As
- Lucy F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2555). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
- Notes
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Additional written material is available in the repository.
