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Marcel S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3963) interviewed by Barbara Hadley Katz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3963

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Marcel S., who was born in Nancy, France in 1929. He recalls living in the Jewish section; speaking Yiddish; German invasion; fleeing with his family; living in Bordeaux for fourteen months; their return to Nancy; anti-Jewish restrictions; apprenticeship as a watchmaker; removing his star before he went to work; sheltering fleeing Jews in their home; having his bar mitzvah in secret; a warning from non-Jewish friends that Germans were looking for them; hiding in a vacant house for nine months; slow starvation, in spite of assistance from friends; liberation by United States troops in summer 1944; his mother's death; enlisting in the military in 1949; visiting Canada after his discharge; settling in Calgary; and his brother, sister, and father joining him. Mr. S. discusses his inability to forgive and pervasive, painful memories.
Author/Creator: S., Marcel, 1929-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
Interview Date: January 14, 2000.
Locale: Nancy (France)
France
Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Cite As: Marcel S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3963). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Katz, Barbara Hadley, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (47 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences,
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Family. Bar mitzvah. Nancy (France) France. Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France) Oral histories (document genres) S., Marcel,--1929-

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4564192
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:40:00
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