Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Isabelle G., who was born in Sopot, Germany in 1926. She recalls expulsion from ballet class, then school because she was Jewish; moving to Danzig in 1936 to attend a Jewish school; attacks by German youths; participation in a "Bar Kochba" sport club; harassment resulting in the family's move to Łódź in 1938; German invasion; ghettoization in 1940; her father's death from tuberculosis; her brother's deportation in 1942; deportation with her mother to Auschwitz/Birkenau in August 1944; constant thoughts of hunger and food; their transfer to Sasel; bonding with the women in their barrack (they still stay in touch); useless forced labor; transfer to Bergen-Belsen in April 1945; pervasive lice, filth and disease; liberation by British troops; living at Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp until January 1946; moving to Frankfurt; meeting her future husband in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; marriage; working for the Joint; her son's birth; emigration with her mother and family to the United States in 1949; and her daughter's birth. Mrs. G. shows photographs and discusses her continuing hostility toward Germans during a recent visit to Germany.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- April 21, 1991.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Germany
Sopot (Poland)
Gdańsk (Poland)
Łódź (Poland)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) - Cite As
- Isabelle G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2017). Fortunoff Video Archive f or 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., 40 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
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. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Mothers and daughters. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Death marches. Germany. Sopot (Poland) Gdańsk (Poland) Łódź (Poland) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. G., Isabelle,--1926- Jüdischer Turnverein "Bar Kochba" Berlin. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Sasel (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
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/4285997
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4285997
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