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Sybilla F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1855) interviewed by Pam Goodman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1855

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Sybilla F., who was born in Deventer, Netherlands in 1933, the youngest of four children. She recalls their affluence; the influx of relatives from Germany after Kristallnacht; German invasion in May 1940; anti-Jewish restriction including expulsion from school; non-Jewish teachers instructing her at home in defiance of German orders; the trauma of wearing the yellow star; her brother's deportation for forced labor; non-Jewish friends warning them of an impending round-up; hiding overnight with a neighbor; traveling to Amsterdam using false papers; her family, including a great aunt, hiding with a Catholic family connected to the underground; and liberation by the Allied troops. Mrs. F. discusses the kindness of the family which hid them; learning her brother and most other relatives were killed; working in England; marriage in 1954 to a man who had been on a kinder transport; and not sharing her story with her children until they were grown.
Author/Creator: F., Sybilla, 1933-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: May 27, 1991.
Locale: Netherlands
Deventer (Netherlands)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Cite As: Sybilla F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1855). 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., 30 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): False papers.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
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--Underground movements--Netherlands. Netherlands. Deventer (Netherlands) Amsterdam (Netherlands) F., Sybilla,--1933-

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/4284702
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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