Alice M. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Alice M., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1928. She recollects a strong Jewish influence in her childhood; the enthusiastic welcome for German troops in March 1938; anti-Jewish restrictions; an uncle in Venezuela who arranged for their family to go to Trinidad; SS men coming to their home in the middle of the night on Kristallnacht, kicking her father down the stairs and arresting him; her mother arranging for his release; their departure on November 20th; and her confusion and fright. Mrs. M. tells of travel to Amsterdam, then to Trinidad; help received from the small Jewish community; her father's arrest as a potential German spy when war broke out; incarceration with her mother and sister on another island for nine months; release when they received papers for the United States; arrival in New York in November 1940; being welcomed by family; a positive adjustment; her subsequent life; appreciation of the United States; and her good fortune in being able to leave Europe.
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
People
- M., Alice, -- 1928-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Noncitizens -- Evacuation and relocation.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Noncitizens.
- Family.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
Places
- Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
- Trinidad.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Austria.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc