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Ursula K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4143) interviewed by Abraham Huberman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4143

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ursula K., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1919. She recounts her family's orthodoxy; a close relationship with her maternal grandparents; two brothers; frequent street fights between communists and Nazis; attending public school and lyceum; cordial relations with non-Jews; disappearance of Jewish teachers when Hitler came to power in 1933; leaving to attend a Jewish school (she did not have to since her father was a World War I veteran); under her older brother's influence, joining the anti-Nazi group led by Herbert Baum; her brother's arrest; his release in an amnesty when Hindenberg died; distributing anti-Nazi posters and flyers at night, not realizing the danger; her father's non-Jewish employer encouraging them to emigrate; and emigration to Argentina in fall 1937. She discusses her grandparents' arrival in 1941 and sharing her story with her daughter.
Author/Creator: K., Ursula, 1919-
Published: Buenos Aires, Argentina : Fundacion "Memoria del Holocausto", 2001
Interview Date: July 30, 2001.
Locale: Germany
Berlin
Berlin (Germany)
Cite As: Ursula K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4143). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Huberman, Abraham, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Spanish.

Physical Details

Language: Spanish
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Anti-Nazi movement--Germany--Berlin. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Berlin (Germany) Germany. Oral histories (document genres) K., Ursula,--1919- Baum, Herbert,--1912-1942.

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/4847637
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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