- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Elsa K., who was born in Stettin, Germany (presently Szczecin, Poland) in 1906, one of four children. She recalls moving to Insterburg (presently Cherni︠a︡khovsk); fleeing to Stettin during the first World War; her father's and other relatives' military service; returning to Insterburg a year later; active participation in a Zionist group; working in her parents' shoe store; marriage in 1929; the births of three children; her father's death in 1934; her siblings emigrating to the United States and Brazil; antisemitic harassment and boycotts; forced sale of the shoe store in 1937; impoverishment resulting from anti-Jewish measures; some non-Jews helping them, others turning on them; her sister aiding her mother's and husband's emigration to the United States in May 1938; moving to Schönebeck; being attacked on Kristallnacht; fleeing to Berlin; emigration with her children to join her husband in March 1939; and futile efforts to assist relatives still in Germany. Mrs. K. notes her early disbelief that Germans would harm them and her children's traumatic memories. She shows photographs.
- Author/Creator
- K., Elsa, 1906-
- Published
- Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1989
- Interview Date
- May 7, 1989.
- Locale
- Germany
Szczecin (Poland)
Cherni︠a︡khovsk (Russia)
Schönebeck (Schönebeck, Germany)
Berlin (Germany)
- Cite As
- Elsa K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1313). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Ehrich, Ceceil, interviewer.
