- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hedi S., who was born in Mainz, Germany in 1904. She recalls her sheltered life as the only child of a prosperous, assimilated family; attending a Jewish elementary school; traveling with her parents; marriage and divorce; and cordial relations with non-Jews. Mrs. S. recalls the anti-Jewish boycott in Berlin; her father's death in 1935; deciding to emigrate for her son's sake; obtaining a visa through American relatives; being searched when leaving in 1937; and learning of her former parents-in-law's suicide. She describes several jobs after arriving in New York; her mother's arrival in 1938; support from her synagogue; her rewarding job with HIAS; and pride in her son's success in the United States.
- Author/Creator
- S., Hedi, 1904-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1986.
- Locale
- Germany
Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Cite As
- Hedi S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-794). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
Morton, Peggy, interviewer.
