Frieda W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Frieda W., who was born in Paris in 1934. She recalls the conflict she experienced as a child between her Jewish and French identities; an early attempt to put her into hiding with other Jewish children; and her constant awareness of her Jewishness, especially in public. She relates her flight with her mother from Paris to a small town; the German bombing and invasion of France; and being sent by her mother to hide in a convent in Switzerland. She describes living as a Catholic in the convent; her declining attachment to the Jewish religion as time went on; her postwar return to Paris, where she learned that her mother had been discovered and deported; and her reunion with her father in Israel. Mrs. W. speaks of postwar responses of survivors in Israel to the Holocaust; the time she spent on a survivors' kibbutz; and her criticism of Jewish denial at the beginning of the Holocaust.
Extent and Medium
3 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
People
- W., Frieda, -- 1934-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Identification (Religion)
- Convents.
- Hiding.
- Child survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Switzerland.
- Israel.
- France.
- Paris (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc