- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Lucie W., who was born in Bad Berleburg, Germany in 1924. She describes instances of Nazi-related antisemitism in public school; her family's experiences during Kristallnacht and its aftermath; her journey to Belgium, along with her brother and sister, on a children's transport; and her unsuccessful attempt to escape into France. She also relates her illegal entry into Germany in February 1941, in order to emigrate to the United States with her family, and her subsequent emigration to the United States via Portugal.
- Author/Creator
- W., Lucie, 1924-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- March 11, 1980.
- Locale
- Germany
Bad Berleburg (Germany)
Mechelen (Belgium)
- Cite As
- Lucie W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-6). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Benda, Eva, interviewer.
- Notes
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Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.
Related material: Paul K. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-3927), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Associated material: Lucie Ruth Weinstein Papers (MS 1807). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Related material: Lucie W. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-4429), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
