Sophie F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Sophie F., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1924. She recalls German invasion; anti-Jewish measures; moving with her family to the countryside in 1942; forced relocation; working in a nursing home to avoid deportation; their futile attempt to board a ship to the United States in Ijmuiden; returning to Amsterdam; an uncle's suicide; the underground transporting her to her father's non-Jewish,business associate in Zutphen; hiding with his family; obtaining false papers; tutoring his children and doing housework; one visit by her parents; liberation by Canadian troops; reunion with her family in Amsterdam; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mrs. F. discusses the difficulty of remaining indoors for three years; her parents' and brothers' survival in hiding; continuing contact with her brothers' rescuers; and sharing her experience 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
- F., Sophie, -- 1924-
Subjects
- Survivor-child relations.
- Child survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Postwar experiences.
- False papers.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Netherlands.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- IJmuiden (Netherlands)
- Zutphen (Netherlands)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat