- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Georges G., who was born in Pau, France in 1940. He details his family's history in Russia and Latvia; early recollections of hiding with his sister with a non-Jewish family until 1942; his parents' visits; living with an uncle near his parents' hiding place; a non-Jewish child on the their street warning Jewish children their parents had been arrested, thus saving the children; his ever-present fear of Germans; French doctors fabricating medical certificates to save Jews from deportation; his panic upon seeing French soldiers after liberation; and his family's lifelong friendship with a French resistant who helped them and other Jewish families in Pau. He discusses his belief in Zionism (he lived in Israel for two years); insuring his daughter receives a Jewish education; his professional interest in psychic trauma resulting from his war experiences; and the increasing importance of his memories with the passage of time.
- Author/Creator
- G., Georges, 1940-
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
- Interview Date
- June 16, 1993.
- Locale
- France
Pau (France)
- Cite As
- Georges G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2663). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wieviorka, Annette, interviewer.
Burko-Falcman, Berthe, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in French.
