Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Samuel R., who was born in Koszyce, Poland in 1923. In addition to information included in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-2670), Mr. H. recalls living in Łódź with his fellow escapee after its liberation; returning to Paris on the last transport of deportees in July 1945; reunion with his siblings; marriage to a fellow Resistant/survivor in 1946; his daughter's birth in 1949; various careers; continuing commitment to leftist causes; and he and his wife speaking at schools about their experiences. He discusses his nightmares resulting from the war years; reluctance to discuss his experiences for many years; the impact of their experiences on their daughter; and French collaborators.
- Published
- Potsdam, Germany : Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien, Universität Potsdam, 1996
- Interview Date
- June 25, 1996.
- Locale
- France
Poland
Koszyce (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Pau (France)
Łódź (Poland)
Neuilly-sur-Marne (France)
Puteaux (France)
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (Poland) - Cite As
- Samuel R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3720). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in German.
Associated material: Samuel R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2670), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Copies
- 2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 54 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Survivor-child relations.
Hospitals in concentration camps.
Aid by non-Jews.
Resistance.
False papers.
Concentration camps Underground movements.
Mutual aid. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French. Escapes. Nightmares. Poland. Koszyce (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland) Pau (France) Łódź (Poland) Neuilly-sur-Marne (France) Puteaux (France) Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) R., Samuel,--1923- Krasucki, Henri. Union générale des israélites de France. Francs-tireurs et partisans de la Main d'œuvre immigrée de Paris. Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes. Drancy (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp) Jawischowitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4298801
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:27:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4298801
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