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Huguette F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1946) interviewed by Deborah Shelkan Remis,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1946

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Huguette F., who was born in Paris, France in 1925. She recalls her family's strong sense of French identity; her brother's French military service; German invasion; her father's death; not hearing from her brother; escaping with her family and governess to the unoccupied zone; living in Nice and Marseille; benign Italian occupation; German invasion; her mother's and grandmother's arrests; remaining with her governess and brother; his escape to join the Maquis; arrest in May 1944; deportation to Drancy, then Auschwitz/Birkenau; slave labor; a close bond with a family friend; hospitalization; assistance from her friend; a death march and train transport to Ravensbrück; assistance from French POWs; another death march to Bunzlau; liberation by Soviet troops; their rape of her friend; transfer to United States troops; assistance from the French Red Cross; repatriation; her governess meeting her; reunion with her brothers; attending school; emigrating to the United States; and marriage. Ms. F. discusses her Czech governess's many attempts to save her family; continuing nightmares, fears, and sleep problems; sharing her story with her sons when they were older; ongoing hostility toward Germany; and pessimism about the future.
    Author/Creator
    F., Huguette, 1925-
    Published
    Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1995
    Interview Date
    August 31, 1995.
    Locale
    Germany
    Nice (France)
    Marseille (France)
    Paris (France)
    France
    Cite As
    Huguette F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1946). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Remis, Deborah Shelkan, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (55 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Postwar effects.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Postwar experiences.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Mutual aid.
    Italian occupation.
    Child survivors.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296353
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:32:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4296353

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