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Henri B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2154) interviewed by Claudine Drame and Geneviève Decrop,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2154

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Henri B., who was born in Paris, France in 1927, one of nine children. He recalls their evacuation to Maine-et-Loire in August 1939; their conversion to Catholicism; his strong Catholic faith; arrest with his mother and older siblings on July 15, 1942; internment in Angers; his mother's release and father's arrival; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau with his father and brother; assignment to the masonry school; slave labor doing construction; learning his father and brother had been killed; remaining with French friends; hiding injuries during selections; transport to Oranienburg, Sachsenhausen, then Ohrdruf; once bringing corpses to Buchenwald; sharing extra food with his friends; escaping with assistance from a Hungarian guard, French POW, and German butcher; liberation by United States troops in April 1945; transfer to Eisenbach; repatriation with POWs; reunion with his family in Paris; their reluctance to ask him about his experiences; recovering from tuberculosis; attending medical school; a daughter's birth; marriage; and his other daughters' births. Mr. B. discusses camp life including intergroup relations and friends who aided his survival; losing his belief in Catholicism and identifying himself as a Jew after returning; sharing his experiences with his daughters; reluctance to share memories of suffering with non-survivors; and showing Ohrdruf to Generals Patton and Bradley.
    Author/Creator
    B., Henri, 1927-
    Published
    Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1992
    Interview Date
    February 4, 1992.
    Locale
    Germany
    France
    Paris (France)
    Maine-et-Loire (France)
    Angers (France)
    Eisenbach (Germany)
    Cite As
    Henri B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2154). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Drame, Claudine, interviewer.
    Decrop, Geneviève, interviewer.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.
    Related publication: Una escuela de construcción en Auschwitz / el 43,422 relata, Charles Papiernik ; dibujos de Shlomo Selinger ; prefacio del profesor Emile Papiernik ; postfacio de Henry Bulawko ; versión castellana, León Berestovoy. -- Buenos Aires, Argentina : Mila, c1994.
    Associated material : Odette B. Holocaust testimony [sister] (HVT-2841), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Associated material: Israel P. Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-1640), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Associated material: Jacques A. Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-2153), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Associated material: Simon G. Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-3445), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Associated material: Desire H. Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-2095), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (3 hr., 20 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Mutual aid.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    False papers.
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Christian converts from Judaism. Forced labor. Brothers. Prisoners of war--Germany. Faith. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Fathers and sons. Friendship. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Escapes. Identification (Religion) France. Paris (France) Maine-et-Loire (France) Angers (France) Eisenbach (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Patton, George S.--(George Smith),--1885-1945. B., Henri,--1927- Bradley, Omar Nelson,--1893-1981. Birkenau (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4286398
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:23:00
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