- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Georgette B., who was born in Paris, France in 1929. She tells of her parents' emigration from Poland in 1920; their Jewish, multilingual neighborhood; anti-Semitic incidents after the war began in 1939; her father's enlistment; German invasion; anti-Jewish measures; her father's arrest; his incarceration outside of Paris; cessation of letters from him; fleeing to Montfermeil; hiding with a French family; leaving her youngest sister with this family when they escaped to unoccupied France; her mother's difficulty due to her artificial leg; living in Luchons, Bruges and Cette Eygun with false documents; and aid her mother provided to other escaping Jewish youngsters. She recalls her older sister's trip to get her younger sister; several escapes with help from non-Jews, including the mother superior of a convent; returning to Paris after the war; learning of her father's death in a labor camp; and emigration to the United States. Ms. B. discusses the traumatic effect of their war experiences; her family's losses; her French identity; admiration for her mother's strength; relations with her own children and their identities; her constant sadness; and her desire to convey these stories to future generations.
- Author/Creator
- B., Georgette, 1929-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1988
- Interview Date
- May 10, 1988.
- Locale
- France
Paris (France)
Montfermeil (France)
Bagnères-de-Luchon (France)
Bruges (Gironde, France)
Cette Eygun (France)
- Cite As
- Georgette B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-985). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related publication: Memorial to the Jews deported from France, 1942-1944 : documentation of the deportation of the victims of the Final Solution in France / Serge Klarsfeld , -- New York, N.Y. (515 Madison Ave., New York 10022) : B. Klarsfeld Foundation, c1983.
