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.
- 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.
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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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4564192
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