Overview
- Interview Summary
- Fanny Fogel Hollander, born on June 6, 1933 in Antwerp, Belgium, describes her Romanian parents; the German invasion of Belgium; fleeing Antwerp for France; arriving in Paris and being interned at the Brens and Rivesaltes camps; her escape from Rivesaltes; life in Paris with her mother; living in Lille with a non-Jewish family for much of the war; her memories of D-Day in Lille, which was also her 11th birthday; and her reunion with her father when he was liberated from Auschwitz.
- Date
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creation:
1975
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Hollander
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 digital file : MP3.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
- Copyright Holder
- Ron Hollander
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Child concentration camp inmates. Concentration camp escapes--France. Escapes. Hidden children (Holocaust) Hiding places--France. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jews, Romanian--Belgium. Jews--Belgium--Antwerp. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--France. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Antwerp (Belgium) Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Lille (France) Paris (France) Paris (France)--History--1940-1944.
- Personal Name
- Hollander, Fanny, 1933-
- Corporate Name
- Brens (Concentration camp) Rivesaltes (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Ron Hollander
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ron Hollander donated the oral testimony of Fanny Fogel Hollander to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on February 9, 2015. The testimony was recorded by Mrs. Hollander in 1975.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:34:39
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