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Rachel P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1997) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1997

Videotape testimony of Rachel P., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1930. She recalls attending Jewish school; withdrawal after Kristallnacht; her father's illegal emigration to Brussels in 1939; she and her brother legally joining him with assistance from the Red Cross; her mother's arrival following many unsuccessful illegal attempts; living in a refugee camp; German invasion; fleeing to Montesson, France; detention in a refugee camp; transfer to Limoges; placement in an OSE children's home with her brother; her parents' visits; her mother being warned of their imminent arrests; escaping to hide with her parents on a farm in Vendoeuvres; separation from her parents and brother when placed in a Catholic orphanage; joining her parents in Lyon; traveling to Grenoble, then La Buisse; attending school; being hidden by local non-Jews; liberation by United States troops in August 1944; emigration to Palestine via Marseille in 1945; participation in the 1948 Israel-Arab War; marriage in 1952; and emigration to the United States in 1954.

Author/Creator
P., Rachel, 1930-
Published
New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date
November 13, 1991.
Locale
France
Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Brussels (Belgium)
Montesson (Yvelines, France)
Limoges (France)
Vendoeuvres (France)
Lyon (France)
Grenoble (France)
La Buisse (France)
Marseille (France)
Palestine
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Rachel P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1997). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.