Karolyn F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1514) [videorecording] / interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Freda Remmers, October 17, 1989.

Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989.

1 videorecording (55 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Karolyn F., who was born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Austria) in 1909. She recounts attending public school; cordial relations with non-Jews; the Anschluss; observing a speech by Hitler; assistance from their non-Jewish building superintendent; joining a group emigrating to Palestine; their failed attempt to enter Italy, then a difficult ship journey to Palestine; reunion with a brother on one of the ships; living on a kibbutz; difficult relations with the British; attacks by Arabs; the births of two sons; and emigration to the United States to join her and her husband's sisters. Ms. F. discusses hardships in Palestine; the loss of forty-five relatives in the Holocaust, including her parents; and she and her sons not discussing the family history with her grandchildren.

June 01, 2002

Karolyn F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1514). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Karolyn F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1514). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)