- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Yvette L., who was born in 1926. She recalls German invasion of Paris; fleeing with her parents and grandmother to Candé; returning to Paris; anti-Jewish restrictions including wearing the star; going to Noisy-le-Sec with the Scouts to help families whose husbands were deported; Allied bombings; working in a Jewish orphanage; deportation of the entire orphanage to Drancy; interrogations during which she said her parents were dead; deportation to Birkenau; dehumanization, lack of privacy, and selections; difficulties with non-French prisoners; the solidarity of her Scout group which helped maintain morale; assistance from her friends when she was sick; slave labor in Auschwitz; transfer to Kratzau; working in a munitions factory; disappearance of the guards; and arrival of Soviet troops. Mrs. L. describes futile attempts seeking assistance; traveling with her group of twenty to Plzěn; assistance from the Czechs; Red Cross assistance in Longuyon; traveling to Paris; and reunion with her mother. She discusses women who gave birth in concentration camps; her continuing nightmares; maintaining Jewish traditions out of respect for her parents; her loss of belief in God due to war experiences; and visiting the camps, once with fellow survivors and again with her daughter.
- Author/Creator
- L., Yvette, 1926-
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1992
- Interview Date
- May 27, 1992.
- Locale
- France
Paris (France)
Plzeň (Czech Republic)
Longuyon (France)
Noisy-le-Sec (France)
Candé-sur-Beuvron (France)
- Cite As
- Yvette L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2105). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Welt, Dorit, interviewer.
Azria, Régine, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Jeanine C. Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-2090), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
This testimony is in French.
