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Esther H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4325) interviewed by Sara Moss Herz and Helen Katz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4325

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Esther H., who was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1927. She recounts her parents were Polish immigrants; seeing Hitler twice; anti-Jewish restrictions; visiting her grandparents in Poland in 1934; visiting an aunt in Berlin; her father being beaten and their home and store plundered on Kristallnacht; traveling to Antwerp via Aachen to live with a maternal aunt; her parents joining her; German invasion in May 1940; fleeing to Paris via Lille; assistance from the Joint; moving to Toulouse, then Saint-Loup; French soldiers being billeted in the house where they were staying; moving into a barn with another Jewish family for three months; traveling to Lisbon; emigrating to the United States with assistance from HIAS; working for HIAS in 1946; marriage; emigration to Israel in 1950; returning to the United States within a year; and the births of three children. Ms. H. notes the deaths of relatives living in Poland. She shows documents, artwork, and photographs.
    Author/Creator
    H., Esther, 1927-
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2004
    Interview Date
    October 1, 2004.
    Locale
    Germany
    Düsseldorf (Germany)
    Berlin (Germany)
    Poland
    Aachen (Germany)
    Antwerp (Belgium)
    Lille (France)
    Paris (France)
    Toulouse (France)
    Saint-Loup-Cammas (France)
    Lisbon (Portugal)
    Israel
    Cite As
    Esther H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4325). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Herz, Sara Moss, interviewer.
    Katz, Helen, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: DVCam master; Betacam SP submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 43 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Crystal Night, 1938.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6798925
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:25:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt6798925

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