Lisa B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Lisa B., who was born in Striegau, Germany (presently Strzegom, Poland) in 1936. She recounts her parents were very assimilated; her father hiding after Kristallnacht to avoid arrest; obtaining papers for their emigration to Shanghai; their departure on January 1, 1939; attending an English school; her grandmother's and uncle's arrival; Japanese occupation after Pearl Harbor; ghettoization in 1943; various Jewish communities in Shanghai; food shortages and overcrowding; emigrating to the United States after the war; and learning of the genocide in Europe. Mrs. B. shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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Process Info
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People
- B., Lisa, -- 1936-
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Child survivors.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Jews -- China -- Shanghai.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Striegau (Germany)
- Hongkew ghetto (Shanghai, China)
- Shanghai (China)
- Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
- Germany.
- Strzegom (WaĹbrzych, Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat