Edith K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Edith K., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1919. She recalls her sheltered childhood in a religious family; the Anschluss; anti-Jewish restrictions and violence; Kristallnacht; marriage in 1938; joining her husband in Cyprus; evacuation by the British government from Cyprus to Palestine, then Cairo; traveling by ship to Dar es Salaam in November 1941; transfer with her husband to Shinyanga, then Tabora; their emigration to the United States (with assistance from her twin sisters who had emigrated earlier); and her subsequent life. Mrs. K. discusses recently learning her parents had been deported to Poland and a trip to visit an aunt in Vienna. She shows family photographs.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (3/4" u-matic)
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., Edith, -- 1919-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Women.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
Places
- Tabora District (Tanzania)
- Shinyanga District (Tanzania)
- Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Cyprus.
- Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
- Austria.
- Vienna (Austria)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat