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Herma R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1371) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Dvorah Lichtstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1371

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Herma R., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924. She recounts the Anschluss; antisemitic harassment; her brother's and cousin's arrests and release; expulsion from school; attending a Jewish school; Kristallnacht; her father's arrest; a neighbor hiding their valuables and providing food; eviction from their home; her father's release; traveling with a kindertransport in March 1939 to London; reunion with her grandmother; living with a foster family; brief evacuation to Wales; corresponding with her parents via the Red Cross; close calls during the blitzkrieg; her brother's emigration to England, then the United States; attending a boarding and a nursing school; and joining her brother in March 1948. Ms. R. discusses deportation and deaths of most of her extended family, including her parents; continuing grief over her departure from her parents and their deaths; and not sharing her experiences with her children.
Author/Creator: R., Herma, 1924-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
Interview Date: May 22, 1989.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
London (England)
Wales
Cite As: Herma R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1371). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
Lichtstein, Dvorah, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Aid by non-Jews.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar effects.
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. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Austria. Vienna (Austria) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. London (England) Wales. London (England)--History--Bombardment, 1940-1945. Oral histories (document genres) R., Herma,--1924- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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/4295027
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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