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Roland H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2677) interviewed by Josette Zarka and Berthe Burko-Falcman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2677

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Roland H., who was born in Paris, France in 1922. He describes his family's Alsatian roots; their strong French patriotism; studying in Marseille, Nantes, Bordeaux, Agen, and Lyon; joining the Resistance; hiding in Evian to avoid forced labor; joining a network which manufactured false papers; arrest in a Resistance office in Paris in March 1944; interrogations and torture in Fresnes prison; transfer to Drancy; return to Fresnes; and deportation to Auschwitz-Monowitz via Drancy. Mr. H. recalls minor surgery during a hospitalization; work in the chemical kommando; relations between prisoner groups including British prisoners of war; public hangings; the death march to Buchenwald; encountering Marcel Paul, who helped many prisoners, and Marcel Dassault; self-liberation; arrival of United States and Canadian troops; assistance from the French Red Cross; returning to France; and reunion with his mother and sister. He provides vivid details of many incidents in the Resistance, prison, and the camps.
    Author/Creator
    H., Roland, 1922-
    Published
    Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
    Interview Date
    March 13, 1993.
    Locale
    France
    Paris (France)
    Marseille (France)
    Nantes (France)
    Agen (France)
    Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
    Lyon (France)
    Evian-les-Bains (France)
    Cite As
    Roland H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2677). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Zarka, Josette, interviewer.
    Burko-Falcman, Berthe, 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 (3 hr., 30 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Resistance.
    False papers.
    Hospitals in concentration camps.
    Mutual aid.
    Hiding.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1109439
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:32:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt1109439

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