- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ilse S., who was born in Grottkau, Germany (presently Grodków, Poland) in 1925. She recalls attending Catholic schools; street fights between the Socialists and Nazis; moving to Leobschütz due to antisemitism; anti-Jewish boycotts of the family business; antisemitism at school; increasing anti-Jewish restrictions; destruction of Jewish property on Kristallnacht; her father's incarceration in Buchenwald; her mother's breakdown; failing to recognize her father when he returned; her parents arranging her emigration to England with a children's transport; their instructions that she inform people outside of Germany about the concentration camps; emigration with a kindertransport in April 1939; placement in a foster home in Birmingham; a futile attempt to persuade relatives in Germany to join her (most perished); attending British school; the outbreak of war; air raid drills; moving to Gloucestershire to avoid German air strikes; difficulties in maintaining communication with her parents; living in a refugee hostel in Birmingham; and learning of her parents' forced resettlement (she never heard from them again). Mrs. S. recounts working for the United States Army in Offenbach after the war; futile attempts to find her parents; and emigration to the United States in 1948. She shows photographs and documents.
- Author/Creator
- S., Ilse, 1925-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
- Interview Date
- May 16, 1993.
- Locale
- Germany
Grodków (Poland)
Leobschütz (Germany)
Głubczyce (Poland)
Birmingham (England)
Gloucestershire (England)
Offenbach am Main (Germany)
- Cite As
- Ilse S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2722). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Tobin, Phyllis O. Ziman, interviewer.
Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
