Hear her voice again
"Recently, visiting the extermination camp at Auschwitz, … I suddenly paid attention to [a] suitcase….The name was that of [Lotta’s] mother, Else Hitschmann, Prag II, Sokolska 36 – [her family’s] home address…. Now when I walk the fields of the camp and see the ashes coming out of the earth, another soul has a name."
Who can forget Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova’s distinctive Czech accent (and her unique uniform and cap) during those TV and radio ads in the 50s, 60s and 70s?
For many Canadians, USC’s address – 56 Sparks Street, Ottawa 4 – became the most recognizable address in the country. To hear her voice again in one of her public service announcements (PSAs), or in the film made about her life, please click on one of the following:
- Watch the new TV PSA (2009).
- Watch one of her old TV PSAs.
- Listen to one of her old radio PSAs.
- Learn about her in the 1989 documentary, “Soldier of Peace.”
- Hear Lotta speak French.
