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Rita M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1215) interviewed by Samuel Kenner and Louise Goodman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1215

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Rita M., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1920. She recalls her prosperous family's strong German identity; refusing to accept a sports award with a swastika; leaving school in 1937 when she was no longer allowed to sit with "Aryan" children; attending a Jewish school for one year; receiving affidavits from relatives in the United States; staying with friends for two weeks in Amsterdam; and leaving from Rotterdam for the United States in June 1938. Mrs. M. notes all her relatives who remained in Europe were killed.
Author/Creator: M., Rita, 1920-
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1988
Interview Date: May 5, 1988.
Locale: Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Cite As: Rita M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1215). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kenner, Samuel, interviewer.
Goodman, Louise, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (33 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rotterdam (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) M., Rita,--1920-

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/1090368
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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