Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 Page: 13
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but at the expense of some of my memory and
repressing and "This did not happen, forget it,
go on," type of thing.
We' ll get--I want you to talk more about that as
we go on through the interview.
Yes.
In growing up in Germany in the 1930s, you talked
about your family was rather prosperous and
prominent in the music world--
Yes.
--and it was comfortable, very comfortable. Did
you experience any discrimination as a Jew?
[Pauses] No, I experienced what I thought was
betrayal when--I was very close to the servants
in the house. Closer in some respects than to my
mother. And the cook, the chauffeur, and they just
deserted us in a day. Suddenly they were not
there. And that was very difficult for me, because
I used to stand in the seat in the car besidesthe chauffeur with my arm around his neck. I mean,
he was like a father to me! Or an uncle or
something. And then suddenly they were not there
anymore.
When you say suddenly they were not there--13
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Rosen, Keith & Landowska, Maria. Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989, book, December 21, 1989; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155550/m1/15/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.