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Laure K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2481) interviewed by Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2481

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Laure K., who was born in Philippsburg, Germany in 1925. She recalls increased anti-Jewish restrictions from 1933 onward; unsuccessful efforts to emigrate; attending a Jewish school; her father's arrest on Kristallnacht and release from Dachau in December; deportation with her family in October 1940 to Gurs; primitive conditions; her grandmother's death; the family's transfer to Rivesaltes; attending ORT classes; leaving Rivesaltes to work in a children's home; placement of her younger brother in a French home; her sister living in a home run by the scouting movement, then hiding with a family; avoiding deportation with false papers provided by the underground; deportation of her aunt, cousin, mother, older brother, and father; and liberation by United States troops in August 1944. Mrs. K. describes the reunion with her sister, younger brother, and grandfather and emigrating to the United States in 1947.
Author/Creator: K., Laure, 1925-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
Interview Date: November 13, 1992.
Locale: France
Germany
Philippsburg (Germany)
Cite As: Laure K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2481). 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 (57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Crystal Night, 1938.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors.
False papers.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Families. Orphanages--France. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Germany. Philippsburg (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) K., Laure,--1925- World ORT Union. 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/1096666
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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