- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Maliette W., who was born in Strasbourg, France in 1929, one of two children of Polish émigrés. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; visiting her grandmother in Poland and other relatives in Germany; attending a French school; vacationing with relatives, but without her father, in Paris-Plage when the war broke out; her father bringing a few possessions from Strasbourg after its ordered evacuation; moving to Vichy; attending school; her relatives leaving for Spain; her family's departure for Marseille; obtaining visas to Martinique; interdiction of their ship by the British (they thought there were spies on board); placement of the women and children in Port of Spain, Trinidad; reunion with her father when they were released several months later; obtaining visas for Mexico; quarantine in Panama City; settling in Mexico City; feeling welcomed as a refugee in Mexico; marriage at eighteen; and emigration to the United States. Ms. W. discusses her parents' futile attempts during the war to save relatives and to recover family paintings after the war; her close relationship with her sister; emotional issues resulting from her experiences; and not discussing them. She shows documents and religious objects her father had brought from Poland.
- Author/Creator
- W., Maliette, 1929-
- Published
- Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1987
- Interview Date
- March 21, 1987.
- Locale
- France
Strasbourg (France)
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (France)
Vichy (France)
Marseille (France)
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Panama (Panama)
Mexico City (Mexico)
- Cite As
- Maliette W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-914). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Tiebout, John, interviewer.
Fagelman, Diane, interviewer.
