Gertrude G. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Gertrude G., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1931. She recalls hostility from local Nazis after the Anschluss in March 1938; anti-Jewish restrictions and violence; expulsion from school; her father's arrest prior to Kristallnacht; public humiliation of her mother and grandmother on Kristallnacht; learning her father was in Dachau; his release, based upon a promise to leave Austria; their emigration to Italy; living in Milan with assistance from the Joint; attending a Jewish school; her father's internment as a political refugee; joining him, with her mother, in Castilenti; her mother's illness and other hardships; German occupation in 1943; hiding with her parents with assistance from Italian non-Jews; learning of the Allied victory on June 6, 1944; and emigrating to the United States after five years in refugee camps. Mrs. G. discusses insecurity and confusion about her identity during the war; meeting her husband in a refugee camp; close bonds with her parents due to their war experiences; and her warm feelings for the Italians.

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