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Sola B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-255) interviewed by Eva Kantor and Michael Moskowitz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-255

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Sola B., who was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1911 and moved with her family to Berlin, Germany, in 1920. Mrs. B. describes her childhood and family life; her many non-Jewish friends; increasing anti-Semitic behavior and legislation; the deportation of her father, a Polish Jew, in 1938; rescuing her father-in-law from Sachsenhausen; being smuggled, along with her husband, into Antwerp; her life in the United States; and her attempts to educate her children as to the meaning of her experiences. Mrs. B. also discusses her feelings regarding the possibility of a recurrence.
Author/Creator: B., Sola, 1911-
Published: New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
Interview Date: March 11, 1984.
Locale: Switzerland
Basel (Switzerland)
Berlin (Germany)
Antwerp (Belgium)
Cite As: Sola B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-255). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kantor, Eva, interviewer.
Moskowitz, Michael, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material : Simon B. Holocaust testimony [husband] (HVT-254), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (47 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Forced repatriation.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Husband and wife. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation. Switzerland. Basel (Switzerland) Berlin (Germany) Antwerp (Belgium) Oral histories (document genres) B., Sola,--1911- Sachsenhausen (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/616994
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616994

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