- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hetty E., who was born in England in 1913. She recalls moving to Paris with her mother in 1920; their orthodox observance; her mother's death; German invasion; visiting a cousin in Reims; interrogation by a German soldier because she was a British citizen; returning to Paris; hiding in her apartment with assistance from the concierge; arrest as a British citizen rather than as a Jew; deportation to Drancy in January 1944; forced labor and deportations; transfer to Vittel as a British citizen; living with other British citizens in hotels surrounded by barbed wire; liberation by United States troops; returning to Paris; and marriage to a French citizen. Mrs. E. notes she is the sole survivor of her family (her sister, niece and, brother-in-law were deported and her brothers died).
- Author/Creator
- E., Hetty, 1913-
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1992
- Interview Date
- February 7, 1992.
- Locale
- England
Paris (France)
Reims (France)
- Cite As
- Hetty E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2155). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Azria, Régine, interviewer.
Wieviorka, Annette, interviewer.
Waintrater, Régine, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in French.
