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Eva F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2457) interviewed by Ann Solov Walker and Louise Goodman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2457

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eva F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1936. She recounts her father was a physician and her mother a nurse; living in the Berlin Jewish Hospital from 1938; seeing many people leave and never return; her parents not speaking in front of her, but seeing them upset and distraught; playing with other children; Allied bombings; liberation by Soviet troops in 1945; assistance from Jewish officers; attending school; living in a refugee camp; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Ms. F. recalls wearing the yellow star; receiving German reparation payments; and her father repressing his feelings and thoughts about the war. She shows documents and photographs.
Author/Creator: F., Eva, 1936-
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1993
Interview Date: December 1, 1993.
Locale: Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Cite As: Eva F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2457). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Walker, Ann Solov, interviewer.
Goodman, Louise, interviewer.

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.
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. Refugee camps. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) F., Eva,--1936- Jüdisches Krankenhaus (Berlin, Germany)

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/4296815
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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