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Dorothy L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1494) interviewed by Ada Bloom and Norman Demick,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1494

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dorothy L., who was born in Bremen, Germany in 1923. Mrs. L. recalls her close family; moving to Budapest; their happy life in a milieu of high culture; returning to Bremen in 1933; the forced sale of the family home; a German friend who helped them a great deal; her emigration to the United States on a children's transport in September 1938; and emotional difficulties living with families who seemed cold to her. She notes her brother and sister emigrated to England and learning from them about the trauma of Kristallnacht and her parents' and older sister's deportation and deaths. Mrs. L. shows family photographs, documents, and the prayer book her father had given her.
Author/Creator: L., Dorothy, 1923-
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
Interview Date: March 11, 1990.
Locale: Germany
Bremen (Germany)
Budapest (Hungary)
Cite As: Dorothy L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1494). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Bloom, Ada, interviewer.
Demick, Norman, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Ursula K. Holocaust testimony [sister] (HVT-1341), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 47 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Germany. Bremen (Germany) Budapest (Hungary) Oral histories (document genres) L., Dorothy,--1923-

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1089242
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1089242

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