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Felix L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2980) interviewed by Jean-Michel Chaumont and Yannis Thanassekos,

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Felix L., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1923. He recounts his family's move to Belgium in 1928; attending school in Anderlecht, Antwerp and Brussels; fights due to antisemitism; German invasion; fleeing to De Panne; returning to Brussels; his father's deportation in 1942; being hidden by non-Jews with family members and his future wife; marriage in summer 1942; arrest and internment in Malines in August; joining a group organizing a train escape; failure when he was separated from the group (others succeeded); arrival at Auschwitz; transfer to Buna/Monowitz; slave labor laying cables for I.G. Farben; contact with Russian and British POWs; selections and beatings; the death march to Gleiwitz; train evacuation to Buchenwald; a death march to Spaichingen; slave labor in a quarry; frequent killings; desertion of the guards; United States troops caring for them; repatriation to Namur; and learning of his father's and sister's deaths. Mr. L. discusses difficulties speaking about his experiences; intergroup relations and hierarchies in concentration camps; Nazi dehumanization of deportees; the overwhelming impact of starvation; and his continuing nightmares. He notes the importance of teaching about the Holocaust.
    Author/Creator
    L., Felix, 1923-
    Published
    Brussels, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 1992
    Interview Date
    October 21, 1992.
    Locale
    Poland
    Łódź (Poland)
    Anderlecht (Belgium)
    Brussels (Belgium)
    Antwerp (Belgium)
    De Panne (Belgium)
    Namur (Belgium)
    Cite As
    Felix L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2980). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Chaumont, Jean-Michel, interviewer.
    Thanassekos, Yannis, 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., 3 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Hiding.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Postwar effects.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar experiences.
    Aid by non-Jews.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4289933
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:33:00
    This page:
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