Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Olga W., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1913. She remembers a pleasant lifestyle as an assimilated family; her perception of Frankfurt as having a liberal atmosphere and absence of antisemitism; participation in a "study group" to combat antisemitism in 1931; expulsion from law school in 1933; efforts to emigrate; marriage in 1933; and her family's emigration to Holland and hers to Porto, Portugal. Mrs. W. describes the small German-Jewish community; a 1936 visit to her in-laws in Germany; awareness of the imminence of war; bringing her parents, sister and parents-in-law to Portugal; the influx of refugees; and emigration to the United States. She notes how fortunate they were to have had made the choice to leave when they did.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1987
- Interview Date
- November 21, 1987.
- Locale
- Germany
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Porto (Portugal) - Cite As
- Olga W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-957). 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 (43 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
- Subjects
- Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Germany--Social conditions. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Germany. Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Porto (Portugal) Oral histories (document genres) W., Olga,--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/1055921
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1055921
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