- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Emmy K., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1939. She recounts her parents' active support of the Social Democrats; her father losing his job after the German invasion; the birth of a sister in 1942; being placed in hiding, separated from her family, with a minister in Wieringermeer Polder; having to change hiding places several times; the terror of waiting alone in a dark room between hiding places; liberation by Canadian troops in May 1945; reunion with her mother and sisters; and learning her father had been deported and killed. Mrs. K. discusses the experiences of other family members that had been told to her; difficulties adjusting to her family again; studying in Israel in 1961; marriage there to an American Jew; emigration to the United States with her husband and baby daughter in 1967; and the impact of her war experiences on rearing her own children. She shows photographs and a diary her parents had written about her.
- Author/Creator
- K., Emmy, 1939-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1991
- Interview Date
- February 10, 1991.
- Locale
- Netherlands
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Wieringermeer Polder (Netherlands)
Israel
- Cite As
- Emmy K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1634). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Maier, Jody, interviewer.
Hane, Herbert, interviewer.
- Notes
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Additional materials written by the donor are available in the repository.
