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Liliane L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2660) interviewed by Dorit Welt and Henri Borlant,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2660

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Liliane L., who was born in Paris, France in 1919. She recalls leftist activities; marriage; German invasion; joining the Resistance; arrest in 1941; solitary confinement in Santé; her mother's visit, arranged by a German guard; transfer to La Roquette in March 1942, then Les Tourelles; organized solidarity among the resistants in several camps; escaping with a friend's assistance in December 1943; arrest and incarceration in Drancy; deportation to Birkenau in January; slave labor and selections; assignment to the Union Kommando, providing better food and conditions; a futile attempt to give her sister extra food; public hanging of women who supplied the Sonderkommando with explosives for the October uprising; being sent to the punishment barrack with friends in Auschwitz for sabotage; the death march in January 1945; transport to Ravensbrück; liberation by Soviet troops from Neustadt in May; being cared for by American and British personnel; repatriation to Lille via Hamburg, Holland, and Belgium; and learning in Paris that her parents had not survived. Mrs. L. describes her state of mind and intergroup relations in the camps; examples of solidarity and cruelty, sharing and stealing; and informing her daughter and grandson about these years.
    Author/Creator
    L., Liliane, 1919-
    Published
    Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
    Interview Date
    June 9, 1993.
    Locale
    France
    Belgium
    Paris (France)
    Lille (France)
    Hamburg (Germany)
    Cite As
    Liliane L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2660). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Welt, Dorit, interviewer.
    Borlant, Henri, 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 (2 hr., 40 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Mutual aid.
    Concentration camps Revolts.
    Concentration camps Underground movements.
    Postwar experiences.
    Resistance.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belgium. Friendship. Sabotage. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. France. Paris (France) Lille (France) Hamburg (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Death marches. Escapes. L., Liliane,--1919- Santé (Prison : Paris, France) Drancy (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Neustadt-Glewe (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1109451
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
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