Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Luna H., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the only child of Turkish parents. She recounts speaking French at home; her father annually renewing their Turkish citizenship; visiting relatives in Antwerp and France; German invasion; her father hiding a non-Turkish Jew; her father's belief they were protected by their Turkish citizenship; being rounded-up to the theater in Amsterdam; deportation to Westerbork; attending school and a cabaret; deportation a year later (September 15, 1944) to Bergen-Belsen; assignment to the Star camp, then the neutrals camp; hunger; caring for her mother when she had dysentery; believing in God after her mother recovered; Italian prisoners singing; ceasing to talk to anyone as conditions deteriorated; her father's heroic deeds; occasional Red Cross packages; transport to Denmark, then Sweden; embarkation on a ship to Istanbul; attending a French-Catholic school; returning to Amsterdam in 1947; marriage to an American soldier; and emigration to the United States in 1956. Ms. H. discusses learning four years ago that the Joint and Red Cross were instrumental in their rescue, and her deep gratitude to them.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 2005
- Interview Date
- August 8, 2005.
- Locale
- Antwerp (Belgium)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Istanbul (Turkey) - Cite As
- Luna H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4337). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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Digitized photographs are available in the repository.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: DVCam Master; Betacam SP submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 3 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - 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. Mothers and daughters. Fathers and daughters. Faith. Concentration camps--Songs and music. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Antwerp (Belgium) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Netherlands. Denmark. Sweden. Istanbul (Turkey) Oral histories (document genres) H., Luna,--1934- Westerbork (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7113850
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt7113850
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