Hans R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2597) interviewed by Toby Blum-Dobkin,

Videotape testimony of Hans R., who was born in the Netherlands in 1937. He recalls sensing that his father understood the danger of the Nazi occupation; being taken away from his parents by their maid to go into hiding in 1942; living with three different families; learning to read and write from another Jewish boy in the second hiding place; two years in the third placement (his parents hid elsewhere); liberation in May 1945 by Canadian troops; reunion with his parents; his family being blocked from reclaiming their property; public, humiliating punishment of Dutch women who consorted with the German men; involvement in Habonim; recently participating in the Hidden Children conference; becoming a psychoanalyst in order to help himself and others; emotional difficulties associated with the recollection of his experiences; and maintaining contact with his foster family.