Julia S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Julia S., who was born in Amsterdam, in 1937. Mrs. S. describes her German Christian mother's marriage to a Dutch Jew (her "legal father"); their move to Amsterdam in 1933; their estrangement and her mother's relationship with another Dutch Jew (Julia's "biological father"); and her mother's liaison with a third Dutch Jew (her "stepfather") after the occupation of Holland. She recalls her stepfather's acquiring false papers from the Resistance; the family's relocation to Blaricum to avoid the Germans; and discovering, at age four, a hiding place for Jews in their house, which included her stepfather's girlfriend, her daughter, his parents, Julia's legal father and others. She tells of Resistance support for her mother's activities; attending school as a Christian using her mother's maiden name; several raids (the hidden Jews were never found); an uncle in the SS who helped her mother escape arrest; nearly being arrested herself; and her mother sheltering a Wehrmacht deserter while posing as a Nazi supporter. She discusses her stepfather's conversion to Christianity; her marriage to a Christian; her conversion to Judaism; and treatment in the 1960s with LSD for psychological problems related to 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
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Julia, -- 1937-
Subjects
- Hiding.
- False papers.
- Child survivors.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Resistance.
- Postwar effects.
- Interfaith marriage.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Proselytes and proselyting, Jewish.
- Children of interfaith marriage.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Netherlands.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Blaricum (Netherlands)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat