- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Gertrude K., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1923, one of five children. She describes her close, observant family; the March 1938 German annexation of Austria; forced transfer to a Jewish section; round-ups; her family's employment in a soup kitchen; her emigration to Palestine through Hashomer Hatzair with her father's encouragement; writing to and receiving letters from her family; and learning of their emigration to Yugoslavia. Mrs. K. recalls being joined by one of her brothers; life with other children on a kibbutz; joining her aunt's household in Haifa in 1945; meeting her husband, a deserter from the Polish army; learning of the deaths of her family; emigrating to Paris in 1946; assistance provided by the Joint; moving to Łódź, Poland in an attempt to receive back her husband's family property; activities in Poland to save Jewish orphans; and emigration to Israel in 1957, then the United States in 1959.
- Author/Creator
- K., Gertrude, 1923-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
- Interview Date
- May 8, 1991.
- Locale
- Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Palestine
Paris (France)
Łódź (Poland)
- Cite As
- Gertrude K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1502). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Herz, Sara Moss, interviewer.
Cohen, Frances Proctor, interviewer.
- Notes
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Additional written materials are available in the repository.
Associated material: Mordka K. Holocaust testimony [husband] (HVT-1501), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
