Rachel P. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1997
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Rachel P., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1930. She recalls attending Jewish school; withdrawal after Kristallnacht; her father's illegal emigration to Brussels in 1939; she and her brother legally joining him with assistance from the Red Cross; her mother's arrival following many unsuccessful illegal attempts; living in a refugee camp; German invasion; fleeing to Montesson, France; detention in a refugee camp; transfer to Limoges; placement in an OSE children's home with her brother; her parents' visits; her mother being warned of their imminent arrests; escaping to hide with her parents on a farm in Vendoeuvres; separation from her parents and brother when placed in a Catholic orphanage; joining her parents in Lyon; traveling to Grenoble, then La Buisse; attending school; being hidden by local non-Jews; liberation by United States troops in August 1944; emigration to Palestine via Marseille in 1945; participation in the 1948 Israel-Arab War; marriage in 1952; and emigration to the United States in 1954.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

  • P., Rachel, -- 1930-

Corporate Bodies

  • World Union OSE.
  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Video tapes.
  • Women.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Child survivors.
  • Hiding.
  • Crystal Night, 1938.
  • Orphanages -- France.
  • Family.
  • Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
  • Brothers and sisters.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Aid by non-Jews.

Places

  • Brussels (Belgium)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Limoges (France)
  • Montesson (Yvelines, France)
  • Germany.
  • Palestine.
  • Marseille (France)
  • Lyon (France)
  • Vendoeuvres (France)
  • La Buisse (France)
  • Grenoble (France)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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