Anne R. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Anne R., who was born in Ichenhausen, Germany in 1925. She recalls her observant home; attending a Jewish school; a large and close extended family; joyous holiday celebrations; anti-Jewish restrictions; her father's death in 1936; attending boarding school in Frankfurt; being called home at Kristallnacht; violence against Jews by former friends and neighbors; living with an aunt in Augsburg; receiving papers for a kindertransport in July 1939; parting from her mother and younger sister in August (they were supposed to join her in October, but war intervened and she never saw them again); being placed by Bloomsbury House with families in London; abusive situations; improved living in an orphanage in Tunbridge Wells caring for young children; reassignment to difficult factory work in Manchester; returning to London in 1940; working in the garment center, then reassignment working with Anna Freud from 1941 to 1945; emigrating to the United States in 1946 to join her uncle; and her nursing career. Ms. R. discusses feeling blessed to have had a wonderful sister and parents; the loss of her childhood; her rich experience working for Freud; involvement with Judaism; visiting her father's grave; and writing about her experiences. She shows photographs.

2 videocassettes