Ursula D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Ursula D., a non-Jew, who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1938. She recounts her parents' anti-Nazi sympathies; her father listening to Allied radio broadcasts; Allied bombing; constant fear; arrival of United States troops; postwar hardships, including rationing; an influx of refugees; her sense that Germans refused to admit culpability for the war and considered themselves "victims"; visiting relatives in Belgium, where she first learned about the Holocaust; confronting her parents; their unwillingness to discuss it; moving to Israel in the early 1960s; marriage to a Jew; and emigration to the United States in 1965. Ms. D. discusses aspects of German guilt; her family's hostility to her; studying the Holocaust; and participating in educational efforts. She shows photographs and reads her poetry.
Extent and Medium
3 videocassettes (betacam sp)
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
- D., Ursula, -- 1938-
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar experiences.
- Poetry.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
Places
- Israel.
- Cologne (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat