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Object description
Romanian Jewish child in Bucharest, Romania, 1930-1947; civilian lived in Israel, 1961-1970 and GB from 1970
Content description
REEL 1 Background in Bucharest, Romania, 1930-1941: family including divorce of parents and mother's other marriages; realisation of Jewishness; anti-Semitic behaviour of school caretaker; political situation; education before and after start of war. Aspects of period as civilian in Bucharest, Romania, 1941-1961: memories of pogrom, 1/1941, including shelter taken; knowledge of concentration camps; training to keep low profile; rations; work of mother; relationship with non-Jewish boys including lack of self-confidence; contact with and description of Jews returning from concentration camps; air raids at end of war; memories of mother; arrival and impressions of Russian troops.
REEL 2 Continues: question of sexual assaults by Russian troops; German troops in Bucharest; reaction to Romania joining Allies; details of anti-Semitism in Romania; reasons for loss of faith; pride in being Jewish.
REEL 3 Continues: reasons for relatively high survival rate among Bucharest Jews; discussion of Ion Antonescu's role and reputation; Russian treatment of Romanian civilians; story of holiday in Transylvania, 1946; problems with mother's business; life as teenager including visits to cinema; changes after introduction of Communism including accommodation and rations; health; first marriage; financial situation; problems gaining higher education and civilian work; discussion of Communist Romania; organisation of emigration to Israel, 1961. Aspects of period as civilian in Israel, 1961-1970: comparison of Bucharest and Tel Aviv; civilian work; details of life in Israel.
REEL 4 Continues: reactions to Six-Day War, 6/1967; status of Jerusalem; visits to Jerusalem and Bethlehem; discussion of modern situation in Israel; right to Israeli citizenship; opinion of Israeli civilians. Aspects of period as civilian in GB from 1970: second marriage; problems settling into life in Seaford; details of husband.