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Henri D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4455) interviewed by Rita Benchimol and Steve Forst,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4455

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Henri D., who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1930, one of three children. He recalls his family's affluence; attending a Jewish school; German bombardment on May 10, 1940; his parents paying and collecting all their debts; their flight with his uncle's family to Dunkerque, Paris, then Lacanau Océan; attending school; his father and uncle obtaining visas; traveling to Portugal; departing from Lisbon to the United States a month later; and joining relatives in New York. Mr. D. discusses the importance of luck to his and his family's survival; learning in the 1980s that his family was saved due to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, who issued visas to them; and his efforts to honor and recognize him.
Author/Creator: D., Henri, 1930-
Published: Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1995
Interview Date: June 19, 1995.
Locale: Belgium
Antwerp (Belgium)
Dunkerque (France)
Paris (France)
Lacanau-Océan (France)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Cite As: Henri D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4455). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Benchimol, Rita, interviewer.
Forst, Steve, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (̀1 hr., 29 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Belgium. Antwerp (Belgium) Dunkerque (France) Paris (France) Lacanau-Océan (France) Lisbon (Portugal) Oral histories (document genres) D., Henri ,--1930- Mendes, Aristides de Sousa,--1885-1954.

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/11676543
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:51:00
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