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Joseph P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3465) interviewed by Yannis Thanassekos and Michel Rosenfeldt,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3465

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Joseph P., a Catholic, who was born in Bonheiden, Belgium in 1924. He recalls his father's death in 1935 from World War I injuries; German invasion in May 1940; fleeing to France; returning to Belgium via Poperinge; seeing Hitler and other high German officers there; visiting his grandmother in Arlon to obtain food; hiding a Jewish family in 1942; having them leave when exposure was imminent; joining the Resistance; broadcasting to the British from a clandestine radio in their home; arrest on January 3, 1944 with his brother, sister, and mother; separation from his brother after seeing him in terrible condition from being tortured; imprisonment in St. Gilles prison (his mother and sister were released soon); two months solitary confinement; transfer to Bourg Leopold on July 9; liberation by the Red Cross on September 5; traveling to Brussels; and reunion with his family (his brother had escaped and was hidden). Mr. P. notes praying in prison; never discussing the war experience with his family; physical and emotional difficulties for years afterward; recently finding one of the Jews they had hidden, who blamed their family for not keeping them; and hoping to share his story with his grandchildren.
    Author/Creator
    P., Joseph, 1924-
    Published
    Brussels, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 1995
    Interview Date
    March 15, 1995.
    Locale
    Belgium
    Bonheiden (Belgium)
    Poperinge (Belgium)
    Arlon (Belgium)
    Brussels (Belgium)
    Cite As
    Joseph P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3465). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Thanassekos, Yannis, interviewer.
    Rosenfeldt, Michel, 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 (4 hr., 21 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar effects.
    Aid by non-Jews.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4291793
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:47:00
    This page:
    http:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4291793

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