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André U. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2675) interviewed by John Barzman and Claudine Drame,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2675

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of André U., who was born in Besançon, France in 1914, the youngest of five children. He recalls his family's strong Jewish identity and French patriotism; antisemitic harassment; attending law school in Dijon in 1934, then finishing in Paris in 1937; enlisting in the military; postings to several locations; retreating when the Germans invaded; capture as a prisoner of war; escaping to Besançon; traveling to Paris; joining his family in the unoccupied zone in Lyon; joining the Francs-tireurs resistance; creating false papers for others; attending a reunion of his military unit in 1942; his election as vice-president; bringing his parents to Ennezat to prevent their deportation; capture as a Resistant; imprisonment in Montpellier; transfer to Compiègne, then two days later to the Jewish section where conditions were much worse; transfer to Drancy; attending Jewish services; saving women from deportation by replacing their identity cards; participating in building an escape tunnel; not being caught with the other “builders,” most of whom were deported; organizing to bring extra food into the camp; serious health issues; transfer to a hospital in May 1944; planning to blow up a train with his nephew; obtaining explosive chemicals from the hospital; learning his nephew had been killed; and returning to Drancy immediately prior to its liberation.
    Author/Creator
    U., André, 1914-
    Published
    Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1993
    Interview Date
    April 1, 1993.
    Locale
    France
    Besançon (France)
    Dijon (France)
    Paris (France)
    Lyon (France)
    Ennezat (France)
    Cite As
    André U. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2675). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Barzman, John, interviewer.
    Drame, Claudine, interviewer.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.

    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., 58 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    False papers.
    Mutual aid.
    Concentration camps Underground movements.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288535
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:42:00
    This page:
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