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Author/Creator:B., Bertha, 1904-1995.
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Title:Bertha B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-240) [videorecording] / interviewed by Bonnie Dwork and Brenda Steifel, March 7, 1984.
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Published/Created:New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984.
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Physical Description:1 videorecording (54 min.) : col.
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Location:LSF-Physical copy for request by library staff only
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Call Number: MS 1322
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Digital testimony (mssa.hvt.0240)
For information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here.
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Location:LSF-Physical copy for request by library staff only
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Notes:This interview is conducted in German.
3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
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Summary:Videotape testimony of Bertha B., who was born in 1904 in Wiesbaden, Germany. She describes early family life; emigration to Antwerp in 1933; and prewar life in Antwerp with her family. She recalls the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; her family's failed attempt to flee to southern France; the deportation of her husband in 1942 (she never saw him again); and the Nazi capture of her mother and niece. Mrs. B. tells of placing her younger son in the care of the Belgian underground; her underground life in Brussels with her older son; the eventual removal of both sons to private homes; and her life in hiding. She recounts post-liberation life in Brussels and Antwerp; temporarily placing her children in a Jewish children's home; and emigration to the United States in 1950. She speaks of the difficulty of raising two sons alone; a breakdown which she suffered in 1953; and her eventual recovery. Mrs. B. also discusses the fates of family members in Europe and her children's lives.
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Cite as:Bertha B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-240). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:B., Bertha, 1904-1995.
Holocaust survivors.
Video tapes.
Women.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
Mothers and sons.
Jews--Migrations.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belgium.
Jewish refugees.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
Germany.
Wiesbaden (Germany)
Antwerp (Belgium)
Brussels (Belgium)
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Subjects (Local Yale):Hiding.
Husband--Death.
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Genre/Form:Oral histories (document genres)
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Also listed under:Dwork, Bonnie, interviewer.
Steifel, Brenda, interviewer.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/934740