Helen S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0234
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Helen S., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1920. She speaks of her childhood; the rise of antisemitism in prewar Berlin; escape from Germany through Holland in 1938; her family's emigration to the United States after being detained in an internment camp in Bonaire, Netherlands West Indies; and her adult life in the United States.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (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.

Related Units of Description

  • Associated material: Gunther S. Holocaust testimony [husband] (HVT-233), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

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

People

  • S., Helen, -- 1920-

Subjects

  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Women.
  • Video tapes.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.

Places

  • Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
  • Netherlands.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Germany.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- ftamc
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