- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Roger B., who was born in Nancy, France in 1910. He recalls working as a court lawyer; moving to Paris; mobilization in August 1939; service on the Maginot line; being taken prisoner by Germans in June 1940; internment as a French prisoner of war in several places, including Sarrebourg, Sarralbe, and Trier, which are described in his friend Francis Ambrière's book; assisting groups to stay together; receiving extra food from a guard; transfer to Amboise, then Saumur; his parents visiting once; transfer to Sankt Johann im Pongau; organizing plays and giving lectures; work assignments in Salzburg; liberation in May 1945; returning to Paris; reunion with his parents; working for several Jewish organization; marriage in 1947; nomination to the Legion of Honor; and writing for the Jewish press.
- Author/Creator
- B., Roger, 1910-
- Published
- Paris, France : Témoignages pour mémoire, 1994
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1994.
- Locale
- France
Germany
Nancy (France)
Paris (France)
Sarrebourg (France)
Sarralbe (France)
Amboise (France)
Saumur (France)
Salzburg (Austria)
Sankt Johann im Pongau (Austria)
- Cite As
- Roger B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2840). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Borlant, Henri, interviewer.
Wieviorka, Annette, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in French.
Related publication: The long holiday / Francis Ambrière; tr. by Elaine P. Halperin. -- Chicago : Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., c1948.
Related publication: Les grandes vacances, 1939-1945 / Francis Ambrière. -- Paris : Les Éditions de la nouvelle France, c1946.
