- Summary
- Videotape of Roger P., who was born in 1922. He recalls implementation of anti-Jewish measures in France; incarceration in Pithiviers; hiding in Brunoy after his release; obtaining false papers; fleeing to Nice, then Grenoble; working in Vif; his arrest in Uriage in 1942; escaping; hiding with his father; unsuccessful attempts to emigrate; returning to Grenoble; living under false papers in Nice; arrest and interrogation by the Gestapo in 1943; refusing to identify Jews in hiding; transfer to Drancy; deportation to Auschwitz in October; assignment to the night shift in the Janina mines; beatings, appells, and selections; the death march to Gleiwitz; escaping from a mass shooting in Rybnik by feigning death; hiding with assistance from local non-Jews; and returning to Gleiwitz after its liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. P. relates walking to Częstochowa; traveling through Hungary to Romania; working as an interpreter for Americans in Odesa; and reunion with his father in Paris. He discusses at length his own state of mind and group relations in the camps; human behavior under different circumstances; his desire for security; and reluctance to talk about his experiences.
- Author/Creator
- P., Roger, 1922-
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1992
- Interview Date
- May 14, 1992.
- Locale
- Paris (France)
Brunoy (France)
Nice (France)
Grenoble (France)
Vif (France)
Uriage-les-Bains (France)
Gleiwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)
Rybnik (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
Częstochowa (Poland)
Odesa (Ukraine)
- Cite As
- Roger P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2101). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wieviorka, Annette, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in French.
