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Richard S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1974) interviewed by Yannis Thanassekos and Rina Margos,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1974

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Richard S., who was born in Paris, France in 1925. He recalls moving to Brussels in 1928; participating in socialist groups; repatriation to Béziers, France in 1940; returning to Brussels; registering as a Jew in 1941; support from socialist friends; his sister hiding with a Belgian family; destroying orders for the family to report to Malines; returning to Béziers in 1942; his parents' deportation from Brussels shortly thereafter; working as a resistance courier; a brief association with the Maquis; arrest and brutal interrogations in 1944; and transfer to Compiègne, Paris, Drancy, and Auschwitz. Mr. S. recounts assignment to Monowitz; learning of his parents' deaths; contact with Allied prisoners of war; resistance activities; sharing food with his small group; watching religious Jews pray; the death march to Gleiwitz; transfer to Buchenwald; surgery for a leg infection; the underground liberating the camp in April 1945 shortly before United States troops arrived; hospitalization in Kaiserlautern, Metz, and Brussels for over a year; and reunion with his sister. Mr. S. discusses his state of mind and relations between ethnic groups in the camps; dealing with traumatic memories; his sense that survivors are "different;" and discussing his experiences with his children.
    Author/Creator
    S., Richard, 1925-
    Published
    Brussels, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 1992
    Interview Date
    April 2, 1992.
    Locale
    Belgium
    France
    Poland
    Paris (France)
    Brussels (Belgium)
    Béziers (France)
    Kaiserlautern (Germany)
    Metz (France)
    Cite As
    Richard S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1974). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Thanassekos, Yannis, interviewer.
    Margos, Rina, interviewer.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (3 hr., 20 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Resistance.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.
    Mutual aid.
    Concentration camps Underground movements.
    Hospitals in concentration camps.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Forced labor. Socialism--Belgium. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Prisoners of war--Poland. Concentration camp inmates--Religious. France. Paris (France) Brussels (Belgium) Béziers (France) Oral histories (document genres) Kaiserlautern (Germany) Metz (France) Death marches. S., Richard,--1925- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Drancy (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Compiègne (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1097614
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:24:00
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