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Ruth L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2496) interviewed by Stephanie Hurst,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2496

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    Videotape testimony of Ruth L., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1936. She recounts frequent visits to her grandparents in Cologne; Kristallnacht; emigration to Amsterdam; her brother's birth; German invasion in 1940; attending a Jewish school; anti-Jewish restrictions; hiding during round-ups; a non-Jewish neighbor arranging for her and her brother to be hidden with non-Jews in December 1942; occasional visits with her parents; arrest in September 1943; transfer to the central gathering site for Jews; her brother's hospitalization for polio; being smuggled out; hiding with non-Jews in Tegelen; hospitalization for polio; her brother's transfer to Westerbork (he did not survive); transfer to a children's home in Amsterdam in 1944; liberation; reunion with her parents (the Red Cross assisted them in finding her); attending school; treatment for poor health; her brother's birth; visiting Israel; marriage to a man she met in England; emigration there; her father's death in 1969; and her mother joining her. Ms. L. shows photographs and letters.
    Author/Creator
    L., Ruth, 1936-
    Published
    London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1993
    Interview Date
    November 24, 1993.
    Locale
    Netherlands
    Germany
    Hamburg (Germany)
    Cologne (Germany)
    Amsterdam (Netherlands)
    Tegelen (Netherlands)
    Cite As
    Ruth L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2496). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Hurst, Stephanie, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (54 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Crystal Night, 1938.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296833
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:45:00
    This page:
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