Erna S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Erna S., who was born in Lich, Germany in 1913. She recalls attending high school in Giessen; visiting relatives in Ludwigshafen when Hitler came to power; her parents' business being ruined due to antisemitism; traveling to Venice in 1934, realizing there was no future in Germany; moving to Rotterdam three weeks later, then to Amsterdam; her father's death in 1936; her mother and siblings leaving for the United States by 1938; and her emigration to join them. Ms. S. notes her brother was beaten by Nazis and briefly incarcerated in a concentration camp before she went to Italy and her desire to forget these unpleasant memories.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Erna, -- 1913-
Subjects
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Germany.
- Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Lich (Hesse, Germany)
- Giessen (Hesse, Germany)
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany)
- Venice (Italy)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat