Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lilly G., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1925, an only child. She recounts a close relationship with her Hasidic grandparents; German occupation; attending a Jewish school; Kristallnacht; expropriation of her mother's business; her parents obtaining false papers; their emigration to Brussels in spring 1939; living in Antwerp; obtaining visas for the United States; German invasion in May 1940; her father's arrest as an "enemy alien"; his deportation to camps in France; arranging to be smuggled to Paris, then Nice; living in Marseille; visiting her father in the camp; acquiring visas for Cuba; her father's release; their trip to Cuba via Casablanca in January 1942; marriage to a survivor in 1955; and emigration to the United States in 1961. Ms. G. notes learning all of her father's relatives were killed during the Holocaust; visits to Vienna in 1966 and 1987; recently attending a school reunion; and she and her husband sharing their experiences with their children.
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
- Interview Date
- February 7, 1989.
- Locale
- Vienna (Austria)
Austria
Antwerp (Belgium)
Brussels (Belgium)
Paris (France)
Nice (France)
Marseille (France)
Casablanca (Morocco)
Cuba - Cite As
- Lilly G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1456). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (57 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
False papers.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations. - 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. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Kristallnacht, 1938. Vienna (Austria) Austria. Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Antwerp (Belgium) Brussels (Belgium) Paris (France) Nice (France) Marseille (France) Casablanca (Morocco) Cuba. Oral histories (document genres) G., Lilly,--1925- HIAS (Agency)
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/4295322
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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