- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Gerda K., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1911. Mrs. K. recounts a happy childhood; antisemitic incidents; laboratory work in a Catholic hospital; she and her father losing their jobs when Hitler came to power in 1933; her father leaving Germany; joining him in Paris with her mother; her mother's death in 1934; obtaining jobs and adjusting to life in Paris, realizing they would not return to Berlin as they originally thought; German invasion; a round-up and two to three weeks in the Vélodrome d'Hiver; and transport to Gurs. She recalls over four months in Gurs; reunion with her father (he had been in about eight camps); his arrangement for their release; working on various farms in the area; living on false papers in Auch; working for the Red Cross in Auch and Toulouse; and return to Paris at war's end. She tells of emigration to the United States in 1947; aid received from HIAS, which she repaid; adjustment difficulties; wanting to return to Paris; meeting her husband; and her father living with their family.
- Author/Creator
- K., Gerda, 1911-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
- Interview Date
- April 5, 1986.
- Locale
- Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Paris (France)
Auch (France)
Toulouse (France)
- Cite As
- Gerda K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-679). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
Steifel, Brenda, interviewer.
