Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hannelore R., who was born in Germany in 1926, the younger of two children. She recounts her father's service in World War I (he lost a leg); expulsion from school; her father's confidence his veteran's status would protect them; hiding in a non-Jewish neighbor's apartment during Kristallnacht; the destruction of their business; deportation with her parents, grandfather, and brother to Gurs in 1940; minimal rations; her mother giving her her bread; her grandfather's death; transfer to Rivesaltes six months later; two months later receiving notice to go to a French orphanage in Moissac as part of a children's group being sent to the United States; sending her parents food; travelling with the group to Marseille, Madrid, then an orphanage in New York; and friends of her parents taking her as a foster child. Ms. R. discusses the hope of being liberated in the camp, despite frequent deaths; the initial trauma of deaths becoming routine; learning her parents and brother did not survive; and returning to Germany twice, despite the painful memories, to “walk the streets” she had walked with her parents.
- Published
- Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1983
- Interview Date
- September 18, 1983.
- Locale
- France
United States
Germany
Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne, France)
Marseille (France)
Madrid (Spain) - Cite As
- Hannelore R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-362). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
-
Poor audio quality on portions of this testimony.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 5 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (58 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Kristallnacht, 1938. Mothers and daughters. Brothers and sisters. Fathers and daughters. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Orphanages--France. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Orphanages--United States. Foster parents. Germany. Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne, France) Marseille (France) Madrid (Spain) Oral histories (document genres) R., Hannelore,--1926- 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/4281717
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4281717
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