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Rivka F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3493)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3493

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Rivka F., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1923. She recalls antisemitic harassment preventing her from attending school; her father's emigration to Paris; joining him with her twin sister, a brother, and her mother in November 1938 (older siblings remained); German invasion; cessation of correspondence from her siblings in Poland in 1940; involvement in the Resistance; her brother's arrest; her father's death; fleeing to Lyon with her mother, sister, and sister's husband; organizing her brother's escape when visiting him in Pithiviers; working as a liaison officer and smuggling weapons for FTP-MOI; Resistance activities in Grenoble, Marseille, and Nice; her mother's arrest and deportation in summer 1942 (she never saw her again); her brother's execution as a Resistant in November 1943; and satisfaction in bombing a Nice café frequented by Germans. Ms. F. discusses many Resistance activities; depression after her postwar return to Paris; marriage in 1950 to a Jewish Resistant; and some of his experiences.
    Author/Creator
    F., Rivka, 1923-
    Published
    Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1992
    Interview Date
    November 13, 1992.
    Locale
    France
    Poland
    Łódź (Poland)
    Paris (France)
    Lyon (France)
    Grenoble (France)
    Marseille (France)
    Nice (France)
    Cite As
    Rivka F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3493). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (3 hr.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar experiences.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Partisans.
    Aid by non-Jews.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4297671
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4297671

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