Millie K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Millie K., who was born in Aub, Germany in 1909. She recalls moving to Paris in 1933; working as a governess; marriage; her husband's incarceration as a German in 1940; her incarceration with him in Gurs a few months later; extreme hunger; her release two months later; joining him clandestinely when he was transferred to Les Milles; their release; living in Calas and Marseille; finding farm and factory jobs; a non-Jewish woman rescuing them from arrest; obtaining false papers in Marseille; her husband's arrest; visiting him at Les Milles; his escape; moving to Lyon; returning to Paris after the war; and emigrating to the United States in 1947. Mrs. K. notes the emotional difficulty of recounting her experiences.
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
- K., Millie, -- 1909-
Corporate Bodies
- Gurs (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Noncitizens -- Evacuation and relocation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Husband and wife.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Hiding.
- False papers.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
Places
- Les Milles (France : Concentration camp)
- Lyon (France)
- Germany.
- Calas (France)
- Marseille (France)
- Aub (Germany)
- Paris (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat