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Gertrude G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-451) interviewed by Ian Russ and Ora Band,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-451

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Gertrude G., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1931. She recalls hostility from local Nazis after the Anschluss in March 1938; anti-Jewish restrictions and violence; expulsion from school; her father's arrest prior to Kristallnacht; public humiliation of her mother and grandmother on Kristallnacht; learning her father was in Dachau; his release, based upon a promise to leave Austria; their emigration to Italy; living in Milan with assistance from the Joint; attending a Jewish school; her father's internment as a political refugee; joining him, with her mother, in Castilenti; her mother's illness and other hardships; German occupation in 1943; hiding with her parents with assistance from Italian non-Jews; learning of the Allied victory on June 6, 1944; and emigrating to the United States after five years in refugee camps. Mrs. G. discusses insecurity and confusion about her identity during the war; meeting her husband in a refugee camp; close bonds with her parents due to their war experiences; and her warm feelings for the Italians.
Author/Creator: G., Gertrude, 1931-
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Holocaust Documentation Archives, 1984
Interview Date: May 19, 1984.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Milan (Italy)
Castilenti (Italy)
Cite As: Gertrude G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-451). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Russ, Ian, interviewer.
Band, Ora, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 25 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Parent and child. Identification (Religion) Austria. Vienna (Austria) Kristallnacht, 1938. Milan (Italy) Castilenti (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Refugee camps. G., Gertrude,--1931- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

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/1100273
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:32:00
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