- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Claire K., who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1925 to Polish parents. She recalls increased antisemitism in 1933; their flight to Holland; moving to Poland in 1935, then Brussels, Belgium; unsuccessful emigration attempts; an influx of refugees after Kristallnacht; German invasion in 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions; round-ups and deportations; and her mother arranging for Mrs. K. to spend nights hiding with non-Jews. Mrs. K. remembers the deportation of her parents and one brother; receiving a postcard her mother sent from Malines (her last contact with them); her younger brother's placement in an orphanage, then with Jesuits; obtaining good false papers from the underground; working as a beautician; helping her aunt hide; constant fear of discovery; liberation by British troops in 1944; and emigration with her brother to the United States in 1948. Mrs. K. shows a family photo which documents many of her family members who were killed and details her life after arrival in the United States.
- Author/Creator
- K., Claire, 1925-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
- Interview Date
- December 16, 1990.
- Locale
- Belgium
Germany
Cologne (Germany)
Netherlands
Poland
Brussels (Belgium)
- Cite As
- Claire K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1426). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hyman, Roslyn M., interviewer.
McPherson, Barbara, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Miriam K. Holocaust testimony [cousin] (HVT-1631), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
