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Erna S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1725) interviewed by Devorah Mann,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1725

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Erna S., who was born in Lich, Germany in 1913. She recalls attending high school in Giessen; visiting relatives in Ludwigshafen when Hitler came to power; her parents' business being ruined due to antisemitism; traveling to Venice in 1934, realizing there was no future in Germany; moving to Rotterdam three weeks later, then to Amsterdam; her father's death in 1936; her mother and siblings leaving for the United States by 1938; and her emigration to join them. Ms. S. notes her brother was beaten by Nazis and briefly incarcerated in a concentration camp before she went to Italy and her desire to forget these unpleasant memories.
Author/Creator: S., Erna, 1913-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Interview Date: December 10, 1990.
Locale: Germany
Lich (Hesse, Germany)
Giessen (Hesse, Germany)
Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany)
Venice (Italy)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Cite As: Erna S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1725). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Mann, Devorah, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (44 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Refugees, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Germany. Lich (Hesse, Germany) Giessen (Hesse, Germany) Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany) Venice (Italy) Rotterdam (Netherlands) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) S., Erna,--1913-

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/4296010
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4296010

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