Sophie S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2350) [videorecording] / interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer and Helen Katz, May 3, 1994.

New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1994.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 18 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Sophie S., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1920. She recounts her family history; antisemitic incidents at school; her family's efforts to emigrate to the United States after German annexation; violence and terror during Kristallnacht; her father's arrest and incarceration in Dachau; emigration, with her younger brother, to the United States in 1938; her father's release; and her parents' arrival in 1939. Mrs. S. discusses the importance of an aunt in the United States to her family's ability to emigrate; the deaths of extended family members during the Holocaust; her reluctance to visit Germany; and postwar trips to Vienna.

June 01, 2002

Sophie S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2350). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Sophie S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2350). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)