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Lisa F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1669) interviewed by Elizabeth Jacob and Raya C. Schapiro,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1669

Videotape testimony of Lisa F., who was born in Ungvar, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine) in 1909. She recalls living in Vienna and Budapest; the family's move to Berlin in 1922; her parents encouraging her political interests; participating in socialist groups; the Nazi ascent to power; crossing a Nazi picket line during the anti-Jewish boycott in April 1933; her parents' emigration to Prague; remaining in Berlin to continue her political activities; producing and distributing anti-Nazi leaflets; joining her family to live in Prague from 1933 to 1935; marriage to a non-Jewish, anti-Nazi activist; smuggling literature and people from Germany to Basel and Holland; emigration to Paris in 1938 with her family; the outbreak of war; brief internment of her brother and husband as enemy aliens; German invasion; incarceration in Gurs as an enemy alien; her release; reunion with her husband and brother; obtaining foreign visas in Marseille; smuggling Walter Benjamin to Spain through the Pyrenees; regularly smuggling people, with her husband, to Spain under the auspices of an American organization; and their emigration to Cuba with assistance from that organization. Mrs. F. focuses on the anti-Nazi elements of her experiences.

Author/Creator
F., Lisa, 1909-
Published
Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1990
Interview Date
November 18, 1990.
Locale
Germany
Austria
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
Cuba
Budapest (Hungary)
Vienna (Austria)
Berlin (Germany)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Netherlands
Basel (Switzerland)
Spain
Paris (France)
Marseille (France)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Lisa F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1669). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4284027
Record last modified: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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