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Jean C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2820) interviewed by Henri Borlant and Annette Wieviorka,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2820

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Dr. Jean C., who worked as an auxiliary physician at Gurs from September 1940 through the end of June 1941. He recounts serving in Pau in the French military; volunteering to work at Gurs; a high mortality rate due to lack of medicine, food, and heating; the contrast to good conditions and food provided for the guards and other staff; observing harsh treatment and beatings; the important aid provided to the prisoners by the Quakers; musical performances in the hospital by German Jewish prisoners who had brought instruments; a mass deportation from Gurs in the beginning of 1941; discharge from the military; and returning to Paris in June 1941. Dr. C. describes serving as a medical examiner in 1945 during the mass repatriation of Holocaust survivors, POWs, and German collaborators from the Charlemagne division.
Author/Creator: C., Jean, 1918-
Published: Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
Interview Date: November 25, 1993.
Locale: Pau (France)
Paris (France)
Cite As: Jean C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2820). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Borlant, Henri, interviewer.
Wieviorka, Annette, 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 (58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Bystanders.
Hospitals in Concentration camps.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Quakers. Concentration camps--Songs and music. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, French. Pau (France) Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) C., Jean,--1918- Gurs (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1109438
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1109438

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