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Robert S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2228) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2228

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Robert S., who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1939. He recalls his older brother telling him about the German invasion; traveling with his family to Dunkerque; returning to Antwerp with German soldiers; and his parents' arrest in September 1942 (he and his brother were not home). He recalls staying with his babysitter; traveling with his brother to his aunt's house in Brussels; their placement with a non-Jewish family for a year and a half, then on a rural farm without his brother; liberation by Allied troops; placement in a monastery orphanage; attending church; briefly living with his aunt in Brussels; staying with a non-Jewish couple; emigration to the United States with his brother in 1946; and living with his aunt's family until his marriage in 1961. Mr. S shows photographs, letters and documents, and notes that his parents were deported to Auschwitz in September 1942.
Author/Creator: S., Robert, 1939-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
Interview Date: November 23, 1992.
Locale: Belgium
Antwerp (Belgium)
Dunkerque (France)
Brussels (Belgium)
Cite As: Robert S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2228). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (59 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. Orphanages--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Brothers. Antwerp (Belgium) Belgium. Dunkerque (France) Brussels (Belgium) Oral histories (document genres) S., Robert,--1939-

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/4286797
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:27:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4286797

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