- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Charles R., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927. He recalls his parents' divorce; the Anschluss; expulsion from school; observing violence on Kristallnacht; he and his mother smuggling themselves to France, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, but being apprehended and returned; illegally traveling to Strasbourg; arrest; his mother's brief imprisonment; moving to Paris; German invasion; living in a children's home in central France; transfer to Limoges; hiding during police searches; receiving correspondence requesting him to join his mother; going to Rivesaltes; learning the request was from his father; his father's deportation (he never saw him again); escaping with help from a former teacher; staying in Perpignan; warning parents not to bring their children to camps; obtaining false papers; staying in a youth home near Montpellier as a non-Jew; joining his mother in Saint-Martin-Vésubie; smuggling themselves to Italy; hiding in mountains in Sant'Anna di Valdieri; traveling to Rome; hiding in a pension; liberation; working for the British Army and the Joint; living in a refugee camp; and emigration to the United States in 1949. Mr. R. discusses reluctance to share his experiences with his daughter until recently and serving in the Korean War. He shows photographs and documents.
- Author/Creator
- R., Charles, 1927-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- November 19, 1991.
- Locale
- France
Vienna (Austria)
Austria
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Strasbourg (France)
Paris (France)
Limoges (France)
Montpellier (France)
Saint-Martin-Vésubie (France)
Perpignan (France)
Sant'Anna di Valdieri (Italy)
Rome (Italy)
- Cite As
- Charles R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2081). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Bayme, Edith, interviewer.
Gorenstein, Gabriel, interviewer.
