Trudy H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2452) [videorecording] / interviewed by Margot Brandes and Rivie Zeiler, July 9, 1992.

Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992.

1 videorecording (57 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Trudy H., who was born in Wachenheim, Germany in 1931. She recalls her parents' orthodoxy; the trauma of seeing them beaten on Kristallnacht; several days later being sent with her brother to Paris; living in children's homes, hospitals, and a chateau near Marseille; physical and emotional deprivation; being smuggled with a group of fifty children via Lisbon and Casablanca to the United States; and seeing her parents for the last time from the train en route. Mrs. H. recounts living at a Rothschild home in 1941; living with an aunt, where her brother remained when she was transferred to foster homes; difficulties adjusting to normal life; learning of her parents' deportation and deaths; her marriage; and the births of three children. She reflects upon the emotional effects of these experiences on both her brother and herself; the importance of her children's Jewish education; and her decision to share her experience with them after having nightmares when her daughter planned to visit Germany.

June 01, 2002

Trudy H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2452). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Trudy H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2452). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)