Charlotte K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Charlotte K., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1903. She recalls interest in her brother's books; participation in youth movements; marriage in 1927; the birth of two sons in Germany; emigration to France in 1933; the birth of two more sons; seeing her parents for the last time in 1939; and moving to Limoges in 1940. She recounts her husband's attempts to obtain emigration papers; his arrest by French police and release because his two youngest sons were French; receiving exit papers in August 1941; travel to Madrid and Portugal; receiving assistance from an ORT representative; and the ship journey to New York via Havana. Mrs. K. details the help provided by her husband's relatives, who left Berlin in 1931; her husband's death in 1942; and her injury in an automobile accident resulting in months of separation from her children.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- K., Charlotte, -- 1903-
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Limoges (France)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat