Vera G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-878) [videorecording] / interviewed by Raya C. Schapiro and Elsa Roth, October 13, 1991.

Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation.

1 videorecording (57 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Mari F. Holocaust testimony [sister] (HVT-1005), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Videotape testimony of Vera G., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1929. She describes her childhood in an affluent family; German invasion in 1944; closure of the Jewish school; being spat upon the first time she wore the yellow star; having to move to a building designated for Jews only; all people over seventeen being taken away, leaving her in charge of many children; help from a non-Jewish woman; her father and sister returning; her father placing her sisters in different hiding places; moving to the ghetto with her father; his continuing search for her mother; obtaining Swiss passports; escaping from the ghetto to a Swiss "safe" house; learning her mother had died; hiding in another Swiss-protected building; both sisters joining them; heavy bombardment; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mrs. G. recalls marriage at age nineteen; moving to Vienna; living in Salzburg; the births of her children; returning to Vienna; pervasive antisemitism; divorce; and emigration to the United States. She discusses the importance of her belief in God and close relationships with her sisters and children.

June 01, 2002

Vera G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-878). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Vera G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-878). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)