- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Nadine H., who was born in France in 1928. She relates living in Strasbourg; moving to Eure-et-loir with her mother when the war began; joining her father in Nancy in 1940; German invasion; fleeing with her mother to a village near Pau, then Vichy; living in Cusset from 1940 to 1941; moving to Valence, then Lyon in October 1941; arrest with her parents on May 13, 1944; Gestapo interrogations; incarceration in Montluc prison; transfer to Drancy; her parents meeting with Commander Brunner; and deportation to Auschwitz in May 1944. Dr. H. recounts her father's last words to her; difficulties comprehending the gas chambers; slave labor, starvation, appells, selections, and beatings; her mother becoming ill, and her disappearance in October 1944; transfer to the "children's block"; working in the Union Kommando; the death march on January 18, 1945; transfer to Ravensbrück, Jugendlager, and Malchow; and liberation by United States troops during a forced evacuation on May 2, 1945. She describes repatriation; living with a foster family; recuperating from tuberculosis; the continuing trauma of the loss of her parents; recent publication of her memoir, "Si tu t'en sors" (written in 1947-48); and the importance of relations with other deportees.
- Author/Creator
- H., Nadine, 1928-
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
- Interview Date
- November 23, 1993.
- Locale
- France
Paris (France)
Strasbourg (France)
Eure-et-Loir (France)
Nancy (France)
Vichy (France)
Cusset (France)
Valence (Drôme, France)
Lyon (France)
- Cite As
- Nadine H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2822). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wieviorka, Annette, interviewer.
Borlant, Henri, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in French.
Related publication: Si tu t'en sors : Auschwitz, 1944-1945 / Nadine Heftler ; préface de Pierre Vidal-Naquet. -- Paris : Editions La D'écouverte, c1992.
