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Lisa B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2894) interviewed by Pam Goodman and Gabriele Schiff,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2894

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lisa B., who was born in Striegau, Germany (presently Strzegom, Poland) in 1936. She recounts her parents were very assimilated; her father hiding after Kristallnacht to avoid arrest; obtaining papers for their emigration to Shanghai; their departure on January 1, 1939; attending an English school; her grandmother's and uncle's arrival; Japanese occupation after Pearl Harbor; ghettoization in 1943; various Jewish communities in Shanghai; food shortages and overcrowding; emigrating to the United States after the war; and learning of the genocide in Europe. Mrs. B. shows photographs.
Author/Creator: B., Lisa, 1936-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: November 9, 1993.
Locale: China
Shanghai
Germany
Strzegom (Wałbrzych, Poland)
Shanghai (China)
Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
Cite As: Lisa B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2894). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 13 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
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. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Jewish ghettos. Jews--China--Shanghai. Germany. Strzegom (Wałbrzych, Poland) Kristallnacht, 1938. Shanghai (China) Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) Oral histories (document genres) B., Lisa,--1936-

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/4289109
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4289109

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