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008    980731s1995    ctu                 fre d
035    (OCoLC)ocn702238328
035    (CStRLIN)CTYV00-A241
035    4585663
035    HVT-4011
035     |9FNC3020YL
040    CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm
079    (OCoLC)702163521
090     |bHVT-4011
100 1  B., René, |d1916-
245 10 René B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4011) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Michel Rosenfeldt and Hessel Daalder, |fSeptember 20, 1995.
260    Brussels, Belgium : |bFondation Auschwitz, |c1995.
300    1 videorecording (3 hr., 31 min.) : |bcol.
520    Videotape testimony of René B., a Roman Catholic, who was born in Belgium in 1916.  He recalls apprenticeship as a butcher; military service for a year beginning in 1936 in Tournai; marriage; military recall in 1939; capture by the Germans in Louvain; transport to a POW camp in Cologne; forced labor doing farm work; transfer to several POW camps; separation of Flemish and Walloon Belgian prisoners; removal of Jewish prisoners (they did not know their fate); receiving packages from the United States, England, and the Red Cross; liberation by Soviet troops; returning home via Odesa, Gdańsk, and Marseille; a warm welcome; divorce and remarriage; excommunication due to his divorce; joining the socialist party; and working as a rural constable.  Mr. B. notes speaking freely about his experiences; learning of concentration camps after the war; continued hostility toward Germans; and his strong Belgian patriotism.
546    This testimony is in French.
562     |e2 copies: |bBetacam SP dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
524    René B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4011). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
600 10 B., René, |d1916-
650  0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214
650  0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Belgian. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113917
650  0 Prisoners of war |zGermany. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010107235
651  0 Belgium. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126041
651  0 Tournai (Belgium) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81119791
651  0 Louvain (Belgium) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79003348
651  0 Odesa (Ukraine) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79139057
651  0 Gdańsk (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80004524
651  0 Marseille (France) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79108882
655  7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595
690  4 Postwar experiences.
691  4 Danzig (Germany)
700 1  Rosenfeldt, Michel, |einterviewer.
700 1  Daalder, Hessel, |einterviewer.
852    Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
902     |b4975836
903     |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4011) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/7p8tb0xv3t
904     |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/