Herma R. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1371
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Herma R., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924. She recounts the Anschluss; antisemitic harassment; her brother's and cousin's arrests and release; expulsion from school; attending a Jewish school; Kristallnacht; her father's arrest; a neighbor hiding their valuables and providing food; eviction from their home; her father's release; traveling with a kindertransport in March 1939 to London; reunion with her grandmother; living with a foster family; brief evacuation to Wales; corresponding with her parents via the Red Cross; close calls during the blitzkrieg; her brother's emigration to England, then the United States; attending a boarding and a nursing school; and joining her brother in March 1948. Ms. R. discusses deportation and deaths of most of her extended family, including her parents; continuing grief over her departure from her parents and their deaths; and not sharing her experiences with her children.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

  • R., Herma, -- 1924-

Corporate Bodies

  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Child survivors.
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • Crystal Night, 1938.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Women.
  • Video tapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Postwar effects.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
  • Austria.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
  • London (England)
  • Wales.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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