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Marguerite M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2474) interviewed by Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2474

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Marguerite M., a Christian rescuer, who was born in Groningen, Netherlands in 1921. She recalls German occupation in 1940; moving to Haren with her parents and brothers; hiding a Jewish convert to Catholicism, who had escaped from Amsterdam; the family's experiences hiding fifteen other Jews; a train trip with a hidden child who inadvertently revealed she was Jewish and the other passengers promising not to report them; working as a courier for the Dutch underground; one brother being shot by Germans for breaking curfew; and the death of her youngest brother, who was serving in the British army. Ms. M. recounts several episodes while hiding Jews and acting in the resistance and notes she receives a state pension for those who became ill during the war.
Author/Creator: M., Marguerite, 1921-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
Interview Date: November 3, 1992.
Locale: Netherlands
Groningen (Netherlands)
Haren (Groningen, Netherlands)
Cite As: Marguerite M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2474). 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 (58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Aid by non-Jews.
Rescuers.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands. Netherlands. Groningen (Netherlands) Haren (Groningen, Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) M., Marguerite,--1921-

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/1096661
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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