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Lucien A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2595) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2595

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lucien A., who was born in Paris, France in 1930. He recalls his family leaving Paris with relatives in early 1940; living in Pau for a year; his grandfather's death; moving to Italian-occupied Nice when Germans came to Pau; his bar mitzvah in their home; hiding after German occupation in 1943; being sent with his cousins to Châtillon-sur-Indre; living under false papers with a non-Jewish woman (she knew he was Jewish); attending school; the principal and a teacher denying there were Jewish children (there were others) when confronted by the Germans; visiting his cousins who were nearby; his parents retrieving him after the war; returning to Paris; his father suing to recover their apartment; emigration to the United States in 1949; military draft in 1951; being stationed in Germany; meeting his wife in Paris; marriage; returning to the U.S.; military discharge; and visits to relatives in France and Israel.
Author/Creator: A., Lucien, 1930-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: May 18, 1993.
Locale: France
Paris (France)
Pau (France)
Nice (France)
Châtillon-sur-Indre (France)
Cite As: Lucien A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2595). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (39 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Italian occupation.
Hiding.
False papers.
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. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Bar mitzvah. Families. France. Paris (France) Pau (France) Nice (France) Châtillon-sur-Indre (France) Oral histories (document genres) A., Lucien,--1930-

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/4288282
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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