Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Eva L., who was born in approximately 1913. She recounts living in Berlin; her father's death in World War I; training as an analytic chemist; not finding employment in her field due to antisemitism; her sister's emigration to Palestine; the impact of the Nuremberg laws; her mother's visit to her sister in 1936; marriage in March 1938; her husband's emigration to Shanghai; visiting her sister briefly in Haifa; emigrating to Shanghai via Marseille (her mother remained in Germany); her husband's economic success; her daughter's birth in 1939; Japanese occupation in 1941; ghettoization in 1943; sending packages to British friends in Japanese camps; learning after the war that her mother did not survive; traveling with other refugees to the United States in 1950; three weeks on Ellis Island because they were "stateless"; being returned to Germany; living in a refugee camp in Bremen; kind treatment from the mayor; working for the Joint; and emigration to the United States in 1952. Ms. L. discusses life in the Hongkew ghetto and her emotional attachment to China, especially Shanghai.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
- Interview Date
- July 10, 1984.
- Locale
- Germany
China
Shanghai
Berlin (Germany)
Haifa (Israel)
Marseille (France)
Shanghai (China)
Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
Bremen (Germany) - Cite As
- Eva L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-359). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 5 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Nuremberg laws.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Citizenship--Germany. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Jewish ghettos. Husband and wife. Mothers and daughters. Jews--China--Shanghai. Refugee camps. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Haifa (Israel) Marseille (France) Shanghai (China) Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) Bremen (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) L., Eva,--1913?- Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4293651
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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