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Sophie S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2350) interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer and Helen Katz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2350

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Sophie S., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1920. She recounts her family history; antisemitic incidents at school; her family's efforts to emigrate to the United States after German annexation; violence and terror during Kristallnacht; her father's arrest and incarceration in Dachau; emigration, with her younger brother, to the United States in 1938; her father's release; and her parents' arrival in 1939. Mrs. S. discusses the importance of an aunt in the United States to her family's ability to emigrate; the deaths of extended family members during the Holocaust; her reluctance to visit Germany; and postwar trips to Vienna.
Author/Creator: S., Sophie, 1920-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1994
Interview Date: May 3, 1994.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Cite As: Sophie S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2350). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.
Katz, Helen, interviewer.

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 (1 hr., 18 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Kristallnacht, 1938. Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) S., Sophie,--1920-

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/1097607
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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