- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Inge A., who was born in Kippenheim, Germany in 1934. She recalls life in the village; Crystal Night; her father's deportation to Dachau; moving to her grandparents' village; the excitement generated by the Nazis and participating in marching songs with local children; her father's return; his stories about Dachau; attending a Jewish school in Stuttgart; deportations of the local Jews, including her grandparents; and her father's success in their being exempted because he was a disabled World War I veteran. Ms. A. describes her family's eventual deportation to Theresienstadt in August 1942; being hospitalized; learning songs and attending the clandestine school; friendship with another child; extreme hunger; scrounging on garbage heaps for food; Nazi attempts to portray Theresienstadt as a model camp to the International Red Cross and in a film; constant deportations; feeling devastated when her friend was deported; and liberation in May 1945. She relates her family's return to Stuttgart; emigration to the United States; serious episodes of tuberculosis; returning to Germany to attend medical school and leaving upon hearing Nazi songs. She reflects upon the effects of these experiences on her life; her interest in the Eichmann trial; and writing about the Holocaust. Ms. A. plays a recording of one of her songs.
- Author/Creator
- A., Inge, 1934-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1984.
- Locale
- Germany
Kippenheim (Germany)
Stuttgart (Germany)
- Cite As
- Inge A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-239). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Laub, Dori, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related publication: I am a star : child of the Holocaust / Inge Auerbacher ; with illustrations by Israel Bernbaum. New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, c1993.
