Hetty E. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Hetty E., who was born in England in 1913. She recalls moving to Paris with her mother in 1920; their orthodox observance; her mother's death; German invasion; visiting a cousin in Reims; interrogation by a German soldier because she was a British citizen; returning to Paris; hiding in her apartment with assistance from the concierge; arrest as a British citizen rather than as a Jew; deportation to Drancy in January 1944; forced labor and deportations; transfer to Vittel as a British citizen; living with other British citizens in hotels surrounded by barbed wire; liberation by United States troops; returning to Paris; and marriage to a French citizen. Mrs. E. notes she is the sole survivor of her family (her sister, niece and, brother-in-law were deported and her brothers died).
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
- E., Hetty, -- 1913-
Corporate Bodies
- Vittel (Concentration camp)
- Drancy (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Noncitizens -- Evacuation and relocation.
- Hiding.
Places
- Paris (France)
- England.
- Reims (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat