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Rose A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1670) interviewed by Ira Glick and Lee Blum,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1670

Videotape testimony of Rose A., who was born in Tver', Russia in 1921. She recounts her father establishing a successful business in Łódź; a sheltered childhood; attending a private, Zionist-oriented school; her sister studying in Paris; traveling to Paris with her parents in June 1939 for an operation; successful surgical results in Bordeaux; her parents' return home; returning to Paris with her sister; the outbreak of war; returning to Bordeaux to obtain better medical care; supporting themselves; German invasion; their flight to Biarritz, then Bollène; registering as Jews; her sister being protected from a round-up by a doctor in Orange; hiding on a farm with assistance from French locals; a French guard helping them travel to Perpignan; their arrest and imprisonment; transfer to Rivesaltes, then Gurs; attending an ORT school in Gurs; their release in April 1943 due to efforts of their landlady from Bollène; hiding in several places with assistance from locals; liberation by United States troops; traveling to Marseille; marriage; and emigration to the United States. Mrs. A. notes many details of life in hiding; learning that her family had perished in Poland; and a recent visit with her husband and sister to their rescuers in France.

Author/Creator
A., Rose, 1921-
Published
Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1990
Interview Date
October 28, 1990.
Locale
Russia
Tverʹ (Russia)
Łódź (Poland)
Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Paris (France)
Biarritz (France)
Bollène (France)
Orange (France)
Marseille (France)
Perpignan (France)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Rose A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1670). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4284036
Record last modified: 2018-06-04 13:26:00
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