- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Miriam G., who was born in Fulda, Germany in 1906. She recalls her family emigrating to Antwerp in 1912; their comfortable, orthodox life; the large and cohesive Jewish community; participation in Zionist organizations; marriage in 1930; German invasion; fleeing to Paris; her husband's brief military service; moving to Bayonne, then Marseille; working as a dressmaker to support her family; living with her sister's family in one room; their lack of resources to purchase United States visas; obtaining false papers; moving to a suburb of Lyon; working for villagers in return for food; evacuation of children due to Allied bombings; placing her son with a family who was unaware he was Jewish (they never told their son he was Jewish); visiting him; returning to Paris after liberation; living in Enghien-les-Bains; food and utility shortages; her husband's employment with the United Nations; emigrating to the United States; caring for her husband, who died shortly thereafter; reaffirming her son's Jewish identity; and her remarriage. Mrs. G. notes that her parents survived in Belgium and discusses the importance of remembering the past and maintaining Jewish traditions.
- Author/Creator
- G., Miriam, 1906-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
- Interview Date
- May 25, 1993.
- Locale
- Fulda (Germany)
Germany
Antwerp (Belgium)
Paris (France)
Bayonne (France)
Marseille (France)
Lyon (France)
Enghien-les-Bains (France)
- Cite As
- Miriam G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2587). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Philip P. Holocaust testimony [son] (HVT-2586), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
