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Eva S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-29) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-29

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eva S., who was born in Berlin in 1922. She describes her childhood and youth in Nazi Germany, including particularly vivid memories of the day Hitler came to power, Kristallnacht, and her brother's bar mitzvah, which took place in the chapel of a Jewish old age home because all the synagogues had been destroyed. She also discusses her journey to England with a children's transport in 1939 and her life in England, where she remained for several years. She speaks of her sense of Jewishness, which she acquired in school rather than in her non-observant home, and of the lasting effects of her wartime experiences.
Author/Creator: S., Eva, 1922-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: February 16, 1980.
Locale: Germany
Berlin (Germany)
England
Cite As: Eva S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-29). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.

Associated material: Eva and Frank S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-235), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (49 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Crystal Night, 1938.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Bar mitzvah. Oral histories (document genres) Kristallnacht, 1938. Germany. Berlin (Germany) England. S., Eva,--1922-

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/616340
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616340

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