Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lore B., who was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany in 1925. She recalls her father's death in 1935; expulsion from public school due to anti-Jewish restrictions; her mother's and other relatives' arrests on Kristallnacht; their release; attending a Jewish school in Mannheim; deportation with her mother, younger sister, grandmother, and other relatives to Gurs in October 1940; her sister's placement in a children's home; her grandmother's death; transfer to Rivesaltes in March 1941; observing Yom Kippur; release to a hotel in Marseille; deportation to Les Milles in September 1942; her release as a child younger than she really was; her mother's deportation to Auschwitz (she did not survive); returning to the hotel in Marseille; joining her sister in Palavas-les-Flots with assistance from the Resistance; being hidden in several locations; their placement in a “hotel” with an attached school in Marseille run by a priest (many Jews were hidden there); liberation by United States troops; living with her sister in Marseille and Paris; and their emigration to join relatives in the United States in October 1946. Ms. B discusses a 1984 trip to Germany and Austria; visiting her father's grave; and antisemitic incidents.
- Published
- Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1989
- Interview Date
- April 2, 1989.
- Locale
- France
Germany
Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany)
Mannheim (Germany)
Marseille (France)
Palavas-les-Flots (France)
Paris (France) - Cite As
- Lore B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1156). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 23 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar. - 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. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Mothers and daughters. Sisters. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Orphanages--France. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Germany. Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany) Mannheim (Germany) Marseille (France) Palavas-les-Flots (France) Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) B., Lore,--1925- 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/4283380
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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