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Ilse W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2253) interviewed by Barbara Hadley Katz and Helen Katz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2253

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Ilse W., who was born in Rotenburg, Germany in 1927. She recalls anti-Jewish harassment; her older brother attending a Jewish boarding school in Kassel; moving to Frankfurt in 1936 hoping it would be safer if they were in a bigger city; attending Jewish school (the Philanthropin) with her brother; increasing isolation; a former maid who smuggled food to them; and difficulty comprehending their changing situation. Mrs. W. recounts Kristallnacht; her father's arrest and incarceration in Buchenwald; his release and emigration to Holland; leaving for England in June 1939 on a children's transport; and her father accompanying her during the train trip through Holland. She describes cruel treatment in a school for refugee children in the British countryside; smuggling a letter to Bloomsbury House describing conditions; the subsequent disbandment of the school; her transfer to a wonderful home in Folkstone; corresponding with her father; learning of her family's emigration to the United States; joining them in Chicago in February 1940; and their efforts to earn a living and become educated.
    Author/Creator
    W., Ilse, 1927-
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
    Interview Date
    October 18, 1993.
    Locale
    Germany
    Rotenburg an der Fulda (Germany)
    Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
    Folkestone (England)
    Cite As
    Ilse W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2253). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Katz, Barbara Hadley, interviewer.
    Katz, Helen, interviewer.

    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 (1 hr., 46 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Crystal Night, 1938.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1072614
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:46:00
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