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Eva D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3041) interviewed by Robert Krell,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3041

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Eva D., who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1928. She recounts her father's British citizenship; her family's traditional religious practices; friendly relations with non-Jews; German occupation in May 1940; her father's one-month flight to France; anti-Jewish actions; her father's incarceration in Bourg-Leopold prison; visiting him three times; his one-week release when her brother was born; help from non-Jewish neighbors; her family's work in the Maquis; their detention in Mechelen (Malines) for two months in 1942; imprisonment as resistants by Belgian collaborators in May 1944; her brother's and sister's release; and transport with her mother to Auschwitz/Birkenau. Mrs. D. recalls prisoners helping her remain with her mother; forced labor; contemplating suicide; transfer to Bergen-Belsen in January 1945; being kicked by a guard; stealing food from Germans and sharing it with her mother; liberation by British troops; repatriation to Charleroi, then Antwerp; reunion with relatives; a neighbor returning their property; testifying at a war crimes trial; emigration to Canada; and marriage. She discusses recurring nightmares; visiting her mother in Belgium; an antisemitic incident in her son's school; and sharing her experiences with her children.
    Author/Creator
    D., Eva, 1928-
    Published
    Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983
    Interview Date
    July 6, 1983.
    Locale
    Belgium
    Antwerp (Belgium)
    Charleroi (Belgium)
    Cite As
    Eva D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3041). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Krell, Robert, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 32 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Resistance.
    Hiding.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.
    Antisemitism Postwar.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4290130
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:42:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4290130

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