- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ruth G., who was born in Katowice, Germany (presently Poland) in 1909. She recounts moving to Bytom in 1921; working in her father's insurance business; his death in 1930; managing her mother's candy store; marriage in 1936; anti-Jewish restrictions; moving to Brzeg; her son's birth in 1938; her mother joining her in Brzeg; her son's illness; bringing him to the Jewish hospital in Wrocław; his recovery; Kristallnacht; having to sweep the street; her husband fleeing with her brother; their incarceration in a concentration camp; her brother's release and emigration to England; her husband's release because they had a United States visa; meeting him in Berlin; emigration to the United States via Belgium in September 1939; assistance from HIAS; and unsuccessful attempts to obtain a visa for her mother. Ms. G. notes the deaths of most of her relatives in the Holocaust; having a child in 1938 was "absolutely crazy", but not regretting it now; and her husband's death in 1968.
- Author/Creator
- G., Ruth, 1909-
- Published
- Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1986
- Interview Date
- April 26, 1986.
- Locale
- Germany
Katowice (Poland)
Bytom (Poland)
Brzeg (Województwo Opolskie, Poland)
Wrocław (Poland)
Berlin (Germany)
Belgium
- Cite As
- Ruth G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-806). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hample Heidi, interviewer.
Gadol, Irving, interviewer.
