Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Gertrude M., who was born in Germany in 1915. In addition to information included in a previously cataloged testimony (HVT-1368), Ms. M. recalls living in Hilversum after German invasion of the Netherlands; a non-Jewish friend arranging her hiding place in Haarlem; and staying there from August 1942 to January 1943. She notes improved communications today enable people to help during genocides such as in Cambodia.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- October 6, 1980.
- Locale
- Germany
Alzey (Germany)
Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Cologne (Germany)
Hamburg (Germany)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Hilversum (Netherlands)
Haarlem (Netherlands)
Utrecht (Netherlands)
Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Cite As
- Gertrude M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4359). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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Related material: Gertrude M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1368), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (46 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Germany. Alzey (Germany) Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) Cologne (Germany) Hamburg (Germany) Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hilversum (Netherlands) Haarlem (Netherlands) Utrecht (Netherlands) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) M., Gertrude,--1915- St. Louis (Ship) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
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/8117704
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:45:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt8117704
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