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Lillian A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1391) interviewed by Lucille B. Ritvo and Helen Katz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1391

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lillian A., who was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1925. Mrs. A. discusses her family history; prewar Berlin life; experiences of antisemitism during the rise of Nazism; relations with her parents and their attitudes towards Judaism; attending Jewish school; Kristallnacht; the impact of the Nuremberg laws; and departure for Cuba in 1940 with her parents, from where they later emigrated to the United States. Mrs. A. tells of her life in New York and assistance received from HIAS.
Author/Creator: A., Lillian, 1925-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1990
Interview Date: September 27, 1990.
Locale: Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Cite As: Lillian A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1391). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Ritvo, Lucille B.,
Katz, Helen, interviewer.
Notes: Related publication: Outcast : a Jewish girl in wartime Berlin / Inge Deutschkron ; translated by Jean Steinberg. -- New York : Fromm International Pub. Corp., c1989.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (4 hr., 6 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Nuremberg laws.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Families. Jews--Germany--Social life and customs. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) A., Lillian,--1925- HIAS (Agency)

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/1093075
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:24:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1093075

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