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Lore P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1614) interviewed by Bobbie Berger and Kay Cawthorn,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1614

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lore P., who was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 1921. In addition to information included in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-728), Mrs. P. recounts putting children to work at AEG to save them; a public hanging of attempted escapees; a cousin being shot after going mad from starvation; and participating in a war crimes trial in Düsseldorf. She shows documents.
Author/Creator: P., Lore, 1921-
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1991
Interview Date: March 15, 1991.
Locale: Latvia
Rīga
Germany
Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
Berlin (Germany)
Essen (Germany)
Bydgoszcz (Poland)
Łódź (Poland)
Israel
Düsseldorf (Germany)
Cite As: Lore P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1614). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Berger, Bobbie, interviewer.
Cawthorn, Kay, interviewer.
Notes: Related material: Lore P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-728), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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 (1 hr., 38 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hospitals in Jewish ghettos.
Childbirth in concentration camps.
Postwar experiences.
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--Latvia--Rīga. Jewish ghettos. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Sabotage. Forced labor. Mothers and daughters. Fathers and daughters. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. War crime trials--Germany. Germany. Gelsenkirchen (Germany) Berlin (Germany) Essen (Germany) Bydgoszcz (Poland) Łódź (Poland) Israel. Düsseldorf (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) P., Lore,--1921- Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (Germany) Stutthof (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/4295799
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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