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When Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss was 23 years old her mother Fritzi married Otto Frank, making her the posthumous stepsister to Anne Frank, who had died eight years earlier in a concentration camp. Like Anne, Eva went into hiding in Holland, and was betrayed, captured, and sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Years later Eva’s daughter, Caroline Anne Schloss, was named for Anne, and reminded Otto of his late daughter. Although they were not close friends, Eva remembers meeting Anne and playing with her as a child.
Eva Schloss, Anne Frank, clip, female, jewish survivor / Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Survivor Gad Ben-Meir recalls the Baghdad Pogrom of June 1-2, 1941, during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, and what he saw looking out his window as a 9-year-old boy.
Gad Ben-Meir, male, jewish survivor, baghdad, pogrom, farhud, clip / Thursday, June 13, 2013
Sarah Ditman remembers witnessing the occupation of Paris, her city of birth, when the German armed forces invaded France on June 14, 1940. She recalls with sadness that as a young woman, she watched out her window as German soldiers were marching down the Champs-Elysées.
Sarah Ditman, female, jewish survivor, clip, Paris, occupation / Friday, June 14, 2013
Marie speaks of her fondness for her father. She especially remembers not wanting to share his affection with her baby brother. “ I wanted to be the only one.” However, Marie notes that life for her family changed in 1939.
female, clip, father's day, jewish survivor, prewar / Monday, June 17, 2013
Armenian, collection, Hagopian / Monday, June 17, 2013
Hildegard recalls her trip from Shanghai, China to San Francisco, CA, on the board of the U.S. Army transporter “Marine Adder,” in August 1947. She explains that the trip was sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).
China and the Holocaust, migration from China, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013
China and the Holocaust, ghetto living conditions / Monday, June 17, 2013
Eva reflects on the living conditions she had as a child living in Shanghai, China during the war and recalls her daily activities.
China and the Holocaust, daily life, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013
Judith describes the overcrowded housing conditions in the Hongkew ghetto in Shanghai, China and discusses the general lack of privacy.
China and the Holocaust, ghetto living conditions, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013
Miriam explains that the Jewish refugees living in Shanghai, China had no intention to stay there once the war ended, and that helped them to retain hope in surviving the war.
China and the Holocaust, postwar reflections, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013
Berthold Katz talks about Kanoh Ghoya, a Japanese official responsible for giving monthly passes to Jews who were living in the Hongkew ghetto in Shanghai, China and remembers his brutal treatment of the ghetto inhabitants.
China and the Holocaust, Ghoya, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013
Eva describes the patterns of relationships among the inhabitants of the Hongkew ghetto in Shanghai, China and focuses on the friendships she and her family had formed while retaining their humanity under difficult circumstances.
China and the Holocaust, social interactions, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013
Henry describes his flight from Berlin, Germany, to Shanghai, China, in summer 1940 and recalls the family members he left behind.
China and the Holocaust, flight to China, clip / Monday, June 17, 2013