- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Renee C., who was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1927. She recounts having no memories prior to being sent to London on a train when she was four; living in an orthodox Jewish orphanage; evacuation to small towns after war began in 1939; a visit from her brother (he was thirteen years older than she); living in several foster homes of non-Jews; hearing stories of Jewish persecution in Europe from other orphans; completing high school; living in a Sephardic community in Manchester; no one telling her anything about her family, although they seemed to know something; learning her father was Syrian by birth and quite affluent; meeting her future husband, an American GI; and emigration to the United States in 1946 to marry him. Ms. C. discusses wanting a family to compensate for not having had one; sharing her story with her children; and still not understanding what happened to her.
- Author/Creator
- C., Renee, 1927-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1987.
- Locale
- England
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Manchester (England)
London (England)
- Cite As
- Renee C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-844). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Dubnick, Selma, interviewer.
Tobin, Phyllis O. Ziman, interviewer.
