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Lea W. and Ruth S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1799) interviewed by Dvorah Mann,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1799

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ruth S., who was born in Sinsheim, Germany in 1933 and her sister Lea W., who was born in Mannheim in 1932. Most of the information is included in previous testimonies. Ruth S. discusses recent trips to Germany and France during which she reconnected with her own past; the importance of learning while in Israel in 1981 that her parents had been deported to Auschwitz and gassed; active participation in a survivors' group; and sharing her experience with her children after 1981. Lea W. discusses her sense of responsibility for Ruth, as the older sister, and both sisters discuss the importance of being together to their survival and adjusting to life in the United States.
Author/Creator: W., Lea, 1932-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: May 28, 1991.
Locale: France
Germany
Sinsheim (Germany)
Ladenburg (Germany)
Mannheim (Germany)
Heidelberg (Germany)
Cite As: Lea W. and Ruth S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1799). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Mann, Dvorah, interviewer.
Notes: Associated material: Ruth S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1695), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Associated material: Lea W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1961), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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., 41 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
False papers.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France. Orphanages. Sisters. Germany. Sinsheim (Germany) Ladenburg (Germany) Mannheim (Germany) Heidelberg (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) W., Lea,--1932- S., Ruth,--1933- World Union OSE. Gurs (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/4284138
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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