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Dina L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-352) interviewed by Carol Tobin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-352

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dina L., who was born in Paris in approximately 1927 to Polish immigrants. She recounts her family's poverty; antisemitic harassment by children; participating in a program that sent poor children to country farms during the summer; her father's enlistment in the French military; German occupation in June 1940; her father's brief return, then departure to work in Belgium; anti-Jewish restrictions, including the yellow star; a teacher and bystanders convincing a German soldier not to arrest her for not having her papers; joining her brother, who was living with farmers in the country; her mother obtaining false papers and joining them; the entire village protecting them; returning to Paris in October 1944; returning to school; and emigrating to the United States in 1947. Ms. L. discusses visiting Malines, from where her father was deported, and finding his name on a monument in Brussels.
Author/Creator: L., Dina, 1927?-
Published: Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
Interview Date: August 8, 1984.
Locale: France
Paris (France)
Cite As: Dina L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-352). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Tobin, Carol, 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., 33 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
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 children in the Holocaust. Brothers and sisters. Mothers and daughters. France. Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) L., Dina,--1927?-

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/4293616
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4293616

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