Annie C. Holocaust testimony with Jackie B.

Identifier
HVT 0109
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Annie C., who was born in England. She married a Frenchman in 1915 and moved to France with her husband and two-year-old child after World War I. She describes her pleasant prewar life in France, her daughter's flight from France before the German occupation, and the German occupation. She speaks of her unsuccessful attempts to leave France after the German occupation; her and her husband's flight; hiding with the help of her husband's non-Jewish relatives and French civilians; and using false papers. She stresses the continual fear of discovery and betrayal. She tells of her emigration to the United States after the war and her reunion with her daughter. She also expresses her present ambivalence toward Germans. Annie C.'s granddaughter, Jackie B., who is present during the interview, relates her memories of her grandparents when they lived with her after their emigration to the United States and speaks of her own feelings about the experiences of her mother and grandparents.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)

Conditions Governing Access

This testimony is open with permission.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

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