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Albert B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2104) interviewed by Josette Zarka,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2104

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Albert B., who was born in Paris, France, in 1932. He recounts living in a Jewish neighborhood; cordial relations with non-Jews; the outbreak of war; his father's enlistment and internment as a prisoner of war; anti-Jewish measures; release with his mother and brother from a round-up in 1942 due to his father's military status; their arrest with other veterans' families in February 1944 (presumably as hostages for German POWs); deportation to Drancy for three months, then to Bergen-Belsen; transfer to a men's barrack (he could visit his mother); forced labor in a children's brigade; his mother's debilitated state (she was used for medical experiments); liberation from a train; recovering from typhus; their return to Paris; reunion with his father; and the kindness of his teachers when he returned to school. Mr. B. discusses at length his state of mind and intergroup relations in the camps; his inability to convey these experiences in words; postwar effects, including fear of the night, early maturation, and indifference; reluctance to discuss his experiences until his daughter's birth; his Jewish identity; and France's unwillingness to confront its role in the Holocaust.
    Author/Creator
    B., Albert, 1932-
    Published
    Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1992
    Interview Date
    May 15, 1992.
    Locale
    France
    Paris (France)
    Cite As
    Albert H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2104). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Zarka, Josette, interviewer.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 53 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Child survivors.
    Postwar effects.
    Aid by non-Jews.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1100279
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:31:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt1100279

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