Lilly S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
In addition to information in a previously recorded testimony, Ms. S. discusses her illness immediately after liberation; returning to Brussels; reunion with her mother and grandmother; learning to live again through a Jewish youth group; being brought by them to Paris where she surrendered her passport; working with autistic children in a Jewish orphanage; emigration to Israel in September 1948; military training; participating in the Israel-Arab war; marriage in 1953 to a German survivor; her son's birth; living on a left-wing kibbutz; leaving the kibbutz; moving to another, the birth of another son; emigration to Berlin at her husband's insistence; the birth of her third son; divorce; and her career. Ms. S. discusses being held in a low opinion by Israelis due to her survivor experiences.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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. This testimony or excerpts from it cannot be used in Europe. The donor's name can never be used in any publication.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Lilly, -- 1927-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Public opinion.
- Public opinion -- Israel.
Places
- Israel.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Paris (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat