Juliette H. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2222
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Juliette H., who was born in Oran, Algeria in 1925, one of eight children. She describes the vibrant Jewish community; cordial relations with the Arabs; her family's Jewish holiday celebrations; antisemitism during lycee? entrance exams; receiving a scholarship; antisemitic policies after formation of the Vichy government; food shortages; expulsion of Jewish students from schools; non-Jewish teachers offering them private lessons; her father's loss of his government job; liberation by United States troops in December 1942; hosting Allied troops; her younger brother's death due to shortages of medicine; working in a French hospital, then for the United States Army; transfer with her sister to work in Deauville and Le Havre; their return to Algeria; their emigration to the United States in 1953; antisemitic attitudes of fellow workers in a bank; and her appreciation of open religious practices and religious freedom in the United States. She shows photographs.

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

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