Esther L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2312) [videorecording] / interviewed by Elizabeth Jacob, June 12, 1992.

Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1992.

1 videorecording (57 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Esther L., who was born in Munich, Germany in 1926. She recounts visits from her father who worked in Pirmasens; attending a Jewish school; Jewish holidays with her maternal grandparents; belonging to Betar; Kristallnacht; assistance from their non-Jewish neighbors; joining her father in Holland in 1939 with her mother and sister; her father arranging her grandparents' illegal immigration to Brussels; attending school in Tilburg; German invasion in 1940; attending high school in Rotterdam, then in Oss; the Tilburg police chief warning her parents of a deportation; obtaining false papers; hiding with her mother and sister with a Dutch friend's family; her father's arrest and deportation to Westerbork and Auschwitz; hiding with her mother and sister on a farm with assistance from the underground; liberation by British troops in October 1944; friendships with soldiers from the Jewish brigade; her father's return; emigrating alone to the United States; marriage; and the birth of her two sons. Mrs. L. discusses losing her childhood because of the Holocaust; sharing her experiences with her children and grandchildren; and her father's emotional problems resulting from his camp experiences.

June 01, 2002

Esther L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2312). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Esther L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2312). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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