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Lisbeth R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-708) interviewed by Ellen Suesserman and Sara Moss Herz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-708

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lisbeth R., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927. She recalls her childhood; the German annnexation of Austria; and the circumstances under which she was chosen for a children's transport to England in February 1939. She describes her life in Norwich, England; receiving news from the rest of the family, still in Austria; and her emigration from Liverpool, with her aunt and uncle, to the United States in May 1940. She tells of life in Queens and the Bronx, New York and her education at Queens and Middlebury Colleges. Mrs. R. also recounts her hope that her parents could emigrate and her postwar discovery of the deaths of family members, including her parents.
Author/Creator: R., Lisbeth, 1927-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
Interview Date: July 18, 1986.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Norwich (England)
New York (N.Y.)
Cite As: Lisbeth R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-708). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Suesserman, Ellen, interviewer.
Herz, Sara Moss, interviewer.

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 (1 hr., 11 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Oral histories (document genres) Kristallnacht, 1938. Families. Foster parents. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Austria. Vienna (Austria) Norwich (England) New York (N.Y.) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. R., Lisbeth,--1927-

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/946958
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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