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Adele J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2443) interviewed by Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2443

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Adele J., who was born in Belgium in 1936, the youngest of three children. She recalls the family's unsuccessful attempt to escape to Switzerland after German invasion in 1940; their internments in Rivesaltes, Brens, and Gurs between 1940-1943; her father working as a carpenter and her mother working in the kitchen in Rivesaltes; her father hiding to escape deportation; being smuggled out of Rivesaltes by the OSE into Switzerland with her siblings and other children in June 1943; three months in a detention camp; and living in a children's home. She describes not recognizing her mother when they were reunited with their parents in Brussels; settling in Antwerp; emigrating to the United States in 1958; and attending a gathering of hidden children. She reflects upon her childhood impression of always being surrounded by wire fences and her yearning for freedom.
Author/Creator: J., Adele, 1936-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
Interview Date: May 21, 1992.
Locale: Belgium
Antwerp (Belgium)
Switzerland
Brens (France : Internment camp)
Cite As: Adele J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2443). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Zeiler, Rivie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (43 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Brothers and sisters. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Orphanages. Parent and child. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Belgium. Antwerp (Belgium) Switzerland. Brens (France : Internment camp) Oral histories (document genres) Escapes. J., Adele,--1936- World Union OSE. Gurs (Concentration camp) Rivesaltes (Concentration camp)

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/1094374
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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