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Brigitte W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2815) interviewed by Gabrielle Tyrnauer

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2815

Videotape testimony of Brigitte W., a Romani, who was born in 1937, the youngest of seven children. She recalls childhood in Erfurt; frequent air raids; hiding in the forests; deportation of many relatives; liberation by United States troops; and continuing hostility toward Romanies.

Author/Creator: W., Brigitte, 1937-
Published: Austria : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
Interview Date: July 23, 1991.
Locale: Germany
Erfurt (Germany)
Language: German
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As: Brigitte W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2815). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Description: 1 videorecording (27 min.) : col
Other Authors/Editors: Tyrnauer, Gabrielle, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in German.
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Forests.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes.
Women.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Romani.
World War, 1939-1945--Children.
Families.
Romanies--Nazi persecution--Germany.
Romanies--Germany--History--20th century.
Erfurt (Germany)
Oral histories (document genres)
W., Brigitte,--1937-
Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
: View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288912
Record last modified: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288912

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