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Gloria L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1697) interviewed by Lidya Osadchey and Ronnie Morgan,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1697

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Gloria L., who was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1925. She recalls living in Gerresheim; their affluent lifestyle; being over-protected as an only child; cordial relations with non-Jews until 1933; her father's arrest; his release due to friendship with one of the policemen; moving to Düsseldorf in 1937, thinking it would be safer; membership in Habonim; attempts to emigrate to the United States; attending a Jewish school; and their emigration to the United States in September 1938. Mrs. L. discusses their strong German identity (her father was a World War I hero); their inability to imagine Germans killing Jews; the importance of not persecuting any minority; visiting her hometown in 1980; and her children's lack of interest but her son-in-law's interest in her past.
Author/Creator: L., Gloria, 1925-
Published: Houston, Texas : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1991
Interview Date: March 3, 1991.
Locale: Germany
Düsseldorf (Germany)
Gerresheim (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Cite As: Gloria L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1697). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Osadchey, Lidya, interviewer.
Morgan, Ronnie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Aid by non-Jews.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jews--Migrations. Refugees, Jewish. Germany. Düsseldorf (Germany) Gerresheim (Düsseldorf, Germany) Oral histories (document genres) L., Gloria,--1925- World Habonim (Organization)

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/4284126
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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