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Jean C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2099) interviewed by Claudine Drame and Annette Wieviorka,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2099

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jean C., who was born in France in 1908. He recalls his family had been in France for many generations; his prewar position as director of the Minister of the Interior's cabinet; military service when Germany invaded; demobilization; living in Carcassonne; marriage to a Catholic in 1940; their daughter's birth; arrest and imprisonment; transfer to Drancy; joining a group building an escape tunnel; their denunciation in November 1943; being shot at to scare him into revealing information; train deportation; jumping from the train; assistance from local villagers and railroad workers; traveling to Paris, then Switzerland (he knew the president); and returning to Paris after the war. Mr. C. discusses the administration and prisoner hierarchy in Drancy.
Author/Creator: C., Jean, 1908-
Published: Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1992
Interview Date: June 2, 1992.
Locale: France
Carcassonne (France)
Paris (France)
Switzerland
Cite As: Jean C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2099). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Wieviorka, Annette, interviewer.
Drame, Claudine, 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 (50 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Concentration camps Underground movements.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, French. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Escapes. France. Carcassonne (France) Paris (France) Switzerland. Oral histories (document genres) C., Jean,--1908- Drancy (Concentration camp)

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/4286379
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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