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008    120423s1993    ctu                 eng d
035    HVT-4445
035    10480510
040    CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm
079    (OCoLC)1005115723
090     |bHVT-4445
100 1  S., Charles, |d1917-
245 10 Charles S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4445) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by David Herman, |fFebruary 24, 1993.
260    London, England : |bBritish Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |c1993.
300    1 videorecording (42  min.) : |bcol.
520    Videotape testimony of Charles S., who was born in 1917 and served in the military police of the British army during World War II.  He recounts the Normandy landing, moving through Belgium and Holland, and entering Germany; volunteering to enter Bergen-Belsen; observing thousands of bodies and prisoners wandering aimlessly; assisting to organize burial of the dead, whose decomposing bodies could be smelled over a mile away; compelling local Germans to assist; convincing survivors he was Jewish by speaking Yiddish with them; moving everyone to a nearby tank training facility; burning the concentration camp to prevent the spread of disease; assisting in the arrest of Irma Grese by finding survivors who had witnessed her crimes; taking items of murdered prisoners from storage as souvenirs; the British rabbi organizing services for Shavuot; and returning home in the fall.  Mr. S. shows photographs.
506    This testimony can only be viewed at Yale by Yale faculty and/or students.
540    This testimony or excerpts from it cannot be used for publication.
524    Charles S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4445).  Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
562     |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
600 10 S., Charles, |d1917-
600 10 Grese, Irma, |d1923-1945. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96036177
610 20 Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96065702
650  0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214
650  0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510
650  0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, British. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005501
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xParticipation, British.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xParticipation, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148460
655  7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595
690  4 Liberator.
690  4 Postwar experiences.
852    Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
902     |b10691955
903     |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4445) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/h707w67d57
904     |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/