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Sophie F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1788) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1788

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Sophie F., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1924. She recalls German invasion; anti-Jewish measures; moving with her family to the countryside in 1942; forced relocation; working in a nursing home to avoid deportation; their futile attempt to board a ship to the United States in Ijmuiden; returning to Amsterdam; an uncle's suicide; the underground transporting her to her father's non-Jewish,business associate in Zutphen; hiding with his family; obtaining false papers; tutoring his children and doing housework; one visit by her parents; liberation by Canadian troops; reunion with her family in Amsterdam; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mrs. F. discusses the difficulty of remaining indoors for three years; her parents' and brothers' survival in hiding; continuing contact with her brothers' rescuers; and sharing her experience with her children.
Author/Creator: F., Sophie, 1924-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: May 23, 1991.
Locale: Netherlands
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
IJmuiden (Netherlands)
Zutphen (Netherlands)
Cite As: Sophie F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1788). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (45 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Netherlands. Amsterdam (Netherlands) IJmuiden (Netherlands) Zutphen (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) F., Sophie,--1924-

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/4296151
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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