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Roni B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-489) interviewed by Judie Wayman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-489

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Roni B., who was born in 1930 in Berlin, Germany. She recounts antisemitic harassment and restrictions, including her father not being able to treat non-Jews (he was a dentist); some non-Jews sneaking in for treatment; a non-Jewish butcher providing them with meat; changing schools frequently; Kristallnacht; relatives emigrating to several destinations; the war's outbreak; bribing an official to obtain visas; traveling to Paris, Bordeaux, San Sebastián, and Barcelona; emigrating by ship to the United States in August 1941; and receiving letters from relatives via the Red Cross. Ms. B. discusses relatives who remained in Germany; not sharing her story with her children until they were adults; her family receiving restitution; visiting Berlin with her husband and daughter as guests of Berlin; and discomfort when she meets Germans. She shows photographs and documents, and reads family letters.
Author/Creator: B., Roni, 1930-
Published: Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
Interview Date: September 6, 1984.
Locale: Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Paris (France)
Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
San Sebastián (Spain)
Barcelona (Spain)
Cite As: Roni B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-489). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Wayman, Judie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. master; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 28 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Nuremberg laws.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Kristallnacht, 1938. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Paris (France) Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France) San Sebastián (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Oral histories (document genres) B., Roni,--1930-

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/4293868
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:53:00
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