Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Germaine Belline and Liliane Gaffney

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1989.67.3 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0003

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Germaine Belline and Liliane Gaffney

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Germaine Belline, born in La Louvière, Belgium on July 23, 1908, describes her family and childhood; getting married in 1925 and having a daughter named Liliane; the arrest of her husband; helping local City Hall officials to get Jews to escape to Africa; going to Africa with a group of Jewish refugees; leaving Africa because of health reasons; her mother’s participation in the underground movement; not feeling like she did enough to help Jews during the war; immigrating to the United States in 1948 with her family; her daughter’s reflections on surviving the Holocaust; having difficulty trusting people today; and her and her daughter’s thoughts about current politics.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Liliane Gaffney
    Germaine Belline
    Interviewer
    Gay Block
    Malka Drucker
    Date
    interview:  1988 February 20

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Gay Block
    Provenance
    Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Germaine Belline and Liliane Gaffney on February 20, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 07:58:35
    This page:
    http:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn506485

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us