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Libby F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1445) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Jeannie Miller,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1445

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Libby F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1934 to Polish parents. She recounts being born a triplet (the other two did not return from the hospital with her and their fates are unknown); her family's orthodoxy and poverty; attending a Jewish school; anti-Jewish restrictions; obtaining papers for emigration from an uncle in the United States; Kristallnacht; her father's deportation to Dachau; her mother forging papers to secure his release; her father's emigration; moving into an uncle's house with her mother and brother; and their emigration to the United States. Ms. F. notes her parents devastation upon hearing about the Warsaw ghetto uprising (their parents were there); very few relatives who survived from her large extended family; and sharing her experiences with her children.
Author/Creator: F., Libby, 1934-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1990
Interview Date: March 21, 1990.
Locale: Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Cite As: Libby F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1445). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 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 (57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
False papers.
Survivor-child relations.
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. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) F., Libby,--1934-

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/4295301
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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