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Hedy W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1210) interviewed by Samuel Kenner and Louise Goodman,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1210

Videotape testimony of Hedy W., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1905. She recalls studying piano at the conservatory; marriage in 1928; the births of two sons; the Anschluss; anti-Jewish regulations; her husband's imprisonment in Dachau for a year; transferring funds to Switzerland; obtaining Yugoslavian papers (his parents were Yugoslavs) resulting in her husband's release; traveling via Koprivnica to Zagreb, where they remained for two years; German invasion; fleeing to Split; returning to Zagreb; obtaining Bolivian papers; crossing from Sušak to Abbazia (now Opatija) in Italian territory; the kindness of the Italian people; leaving for Cuba via Portugal; the kindness of the Cubans; and emigration to the United States in 1946. She tells the stories of other family members.

Author/Creator
W., Hedy, 1905-
Published
Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1988
Interview Date
September 1, 1988.
Locale
Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Koprivnica (Croatia)
Zagreb (Croatia)
Split (Croatia)
Sušak (Rijeka, Croatia)
Opatija (Primorsko-goranska županija, Croatia)
Cuba
Italy
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Hedy W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1210). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.