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Esther M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2343) interviewed by Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2343

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Esther M., who was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1930. She recalls anti-Jewish regulations after the war began, including expulsion from school and wearing the star; hearing of concentration camps; her parents hiding with a non-Jewish business colleague and hiding her and her sister with a non-Jewish neighbor; visits from her mother (she had false papers so could go out); joining their parents; placement in a convent; being moved to another convent when other children became suspicious; writing letters to their parents through an intermediary; retrieval by their mother after the war; their emigration to Israel in 1948; happiness at not feeling ashamed of being Jewish; marriage to an American in 1955; and emigrating to the United States. Ms. M. discusses phobias resulting from the war years; her lost youth; and frequent visits to Israel. She shows photographs.
Author/Creator: M., Esther, 1930-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1991
Interview Date: October 24, 1991.
Locale: Brussels (Belgium)
Belgium
Israel
Cite As: Esther M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2343). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Zeiler, Rivie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (52 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
False papers.
Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. Sisters. Mothers and daughters. Fathers and daughters. Convents. Brussels (Belgium) Belgium. Israel. Oral histories (document genres) M., Esther,--1930-

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/4318148
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4318148

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