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Rita M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2286) interviewed by Laure Gutman and Roshie Bush,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2286

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Rita M., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927. She recalls her parent's Sephardic roots; a happy childhood in an assimilated and wealthy home; anti-Semitic incidents; the Anschluss; her father and brother being forced to wash streets with small brushes; her mother's assault (which later required surgery) and rescue by an Austrian soldier and shopkeepers; one neighbor who protected her family's possessions; hiding in her uncle's house when her mother had surgery; fleeing to Paris via Switzerland, and, after the outbreak of war in France, to Turkey via Bulgaria; attending French and British schools; her brother's emigration to the United States; obtaining United States visas; traveling by train to Palestine; incarceration with her parents in a camp for illegal immigrants; traveling to Port Said; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. M. discusses her constant thoughts about friends who didn't survive; nightmares that Germans would come to take her children which resulted in over-protectiveness; and reluctance to admit her Jewish identity. She shows family heirlooms and explains Sephardic traditions and culture.
    Author/Creator
    M., Rita, 1927-
    Published
    Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1993
    Interview Date
    May 16, 1993.
    Locale
    Austria
    Vienna
    Vienna (Austria)
    Paris (France)
    Turkey
    Palestine
    Cite As
    Rita M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2286). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Gutman, Laure, interviewer.
    Bush, Roshie, interviewer.

    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., 44 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Hiding.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Antisemitism Prewar.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1091673
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:31:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt1091673

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