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Simone G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2328)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2328

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Simone G., who was born in Włocławek, Poland in 1931. She recounts vague memories of her parents and older brother; going to live with an aunt in Paris in 1936 (she never saw her family again); German invasion; her uncle's draft into the French military; his return; her aunt arranging to send her to an orphanage; learning her uncle had been deported; living with a family in central France, posing as a non-Jew; reunion with her aunt and uncle after liberation; living in Septeuil; returning to Paris; their emigration to the United States in 1957; marriage; and her children's births. Mrs. G. discusses her constant fear during the war of being exposed as a Jew; the separation from her parents resulting in her being a perfectionist and always wanting to belong; and her difficult relationship with her aunt.
Author/Creator: G., Simone, 1931-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1990
Interview Date: March 25, 1990.
Locale: Poland
Włocławek (Poland)
Paris (France)
Septeuil (France)
Cite As: Simone G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2328). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 8 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. Orphanages. Poland. Włocławek (Poland) Paris (France) Septeuil (France) Oral histories (document genres) G., Simone,--1931-

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/4287365
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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