Claire S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Claire S., who was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1908. She recalls her family's orthodoxy; attending business school in Augsburg, then nursing training in Frankfurt; moving to Schweinfurt in 1929 to join her fiance; marriage in 1937; antisemitic restrictions; arrest of her husband and father-in-law on Kristallnacht; her father-in-law's release; obtaining her husband's release after securing American permission to emigrate to Manila; her husband's departure in February 1939; joining him in September; having to leave all their possessions and money in Germany; working as a nurse; and their emigration to the United States in 1946. Mrs. S. notes her parents and brother were killed in concentration camps and her sister survived in Italy.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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Process Info
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People
- S., Claire, -- 1908-
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
Places
- Manila (Philippines)
- Schweinfurt (Germany)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Augsburg (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat