Overview
- Interview Summary
- Lea Lowenthal (née Dukker), born in Holland on June 3, 1915, discusses her childhood in Holland and Belgium; her flight from Belgium ahead of Nazi occupation in 1940 with eight other family members including her husband Kalman and son Joseph; the family’s two-year journey through France during which they encountered Nazis and were aided by members of the French Resistance; their time in Marseilles and the help they received from the Dutch consulate; issues related to her husband’s Polish ID papers; the family’s time in Casablanca, Morocco in which they were semi-detained for six weeks 1942; and their difficult journey to the United States where they were received by cousins who had emigrated years earlier.
- Interviewee
- Lea Lowenthal
- Interviewer
- Elliot Lowenthal
- Date
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interview:
2004 April 10
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elliot Lowenthal
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 digital file : MPEG-4.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Elliot Lowenthal donated his oral history interview with his grandmother Lea Lowenthal to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2023.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2024-01-18 10:57:37
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