Renate R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-896) interviewed by Bonnie Dwork and Gabriele Schiff,

Videotape testimony of Renate R., who was born in Berlin in 1923. Mrs. R. describes her family background; life in Germany; and their move to Yugoslavia in 1933; her father's illness and death in 1940; the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941; and the forced move with her mother and brother to a Jewish section. She describes living with a Yugoslav family and her mother's imprisonment by the Gestapo. Mrs. R. recounts working for the partisans; having to leave the Yugoslav family due to fear of betrayal; thinking of suicide; and being aided by the mother of a school friend who helped arrange her escape to Italy. She tells of living in a small town near Fiume, Italy; escaping to the island of Cres before the German arrival; traveling by boat to an island near Bari and several other areas in southern Italy, including Brindisi; working for the British in Bari; and traveling to Rome, then Milan. She recounts learning of her mother's imprisonment and death in Yugoslavia; working for relief agencies; and emigration to the United States in May 1948. Mrs. R. speaks of her marriage and family; her brother's war experiences; and her reflections on her own experiences.