- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Janet B., who was born in Berlin in 1935 of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father. Mrs. B. details her childhood memories of antisemitism; the divorce of her parents so her father could join the German army; and her friendship with a German boy with whom she went places where Jews were not allowed. She tells of her and her mother's arrest following the death of her father on the Russian front; her brief return home for provisions, enabling her to destroy possessions and leave a bucket of urine and excrement to be tripped over by anyone who entered the apartment to loot it; and her unusual trip to Theresienstadt. She describes life in Theresienstadt; the improvement of conditions during a Red Cross visit; her and her mother's liberation and return to Berlin; and her reunion with her German friend. She relates her unhappy stays in various rest homes; her and her mother's emigration to the United States in 1946; and her adjustment to her new life. Mrs. B. also describes her participation in the Precious Legacy exhibit and the revival of memories, not previously awakened by a visit, when viewing a German propaganda film about Theresienstadt.
- Author/Creator
- B., Janet, 1935-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1983
- Interview Date
- December 19, 1983.
- Locale
- Berlin (Germany)
Germany
- Cite As
- Janet B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-227). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
- Notes
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Unpublished finding aid available in repository. 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.
