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Charles L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2062) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2062

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Charles L., who was born in Paris, France in 1929. He recalls the outbreak of war; moving with his family to Montargis; living with cousins; returning to Paris; antisemitic regulation, including wearing the yellow star; his father's arrest in August 1941 (he never saw him again); his brother's arrest and release (he went to Vichy, the unoccupied zone); being warned by non-Jews of the July 16, 1942 round-up; hiding with his mother; being smuggled to Vichy France; a station master in Angoulême helping them avoid detection; boarding a train for Saint-Junien; being forced by the police to get off at Chasseneuil; convincing a police chief to allow them to continue to Saint-Junien; joining his brother in Cros-de-Cagnes; benign conditions under Italian occupation; attending a Catholic school; moving to Nice when the Germans occupied Vichy; hiding cousins in their apartment; liberation by United States troops; returning to Paris with his mother; and his emigration to the United States to join three aunts.
    Author/Creator
    L., Charles, 1929-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
    Interview Date
    April 29, 1992.
    Locale
    Paris (France)
    France
    Montargis (France)
    Angoulême (France)
    Chasseneuil (France)
    Saint-Junien (France)
    Cros-de-Cagne (France)
    Nice (France)
    Cite As
    Charles L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2062). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 20 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Italian occupation.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4286289
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4286289

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