LEADER 05167cpd a2200661 a 4500001 4655675 005 20180530114004.0 008 980731s1996 ctu fre d 035 4655675 035 HVT-4037 035 |9FNK3617YL 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)1005108638 090 |bHVT-4037 100 1 A., Haïm, |d1923- 245 10 Haïm A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4037) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Yannis Thanassekos and Michel Rosenfeldt, |fApril 29, 1996. 260 Brussels, Belgium : |bFondation Auschwitz, |c1996. 300 1 videorecording (5 hr., 2 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Haïm A., who was born in Chișinău, Romania in 1923, one of three children. He recounts his family's move to Antwerp in 1929 due to antisemitism; attending Jewish and public schools; participating in Betar; his father's death in 1933; German invasion; fleeing with his brothers to Boulogne; doing farm work for a few weeks; returning home; living as non-Jews; several menial jobs; arrest with his family in 1943; imprisonment for several weeks; transfer with his family to Malines; deportation in cattle cars; separation from his mother (he never saw her again); arrival in Buchenwald; becoming inured to death all around him; slave labor in a quarry, as a bricklayer, and an electrician; transfer with his brothers to Tröglitz six months later; solidarity within his small group; escaping with his brothers from a train transport; posing as non-Jewish Belgian forced laborers; liberation by United States troops two weeks later; repatriation to Liège in May 1945; interrogations to confirm they were Belgians; returning home; and establishing a business with his brothers. Mr. A. discusses not sharing their experiences because no one believed them; sharing them with his second wife; visiting Auschwitz with her; nightmares, insomnia, and loss of belief in God resulting from his experiences; and participating in associations of former camp prisoners. 546 This testimony is in French. 524 Haïm A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4037). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 562 |e2 copies: |bBetacam SP dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 600 10 A., Haim, |d1923- 610 20 Betar. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81012060 610 20 Malines (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97043298 610 20 Buchenwald (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97036997 610 20 Tröglitz (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99030377 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xPrisoners and prisons, German. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148474 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Mothers and sons. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087539 650 0 Brothers. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017223 650 0 Concentration camp inmates |xFamily relationships. 650 0 Concentration camps |xPsychological aspects. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029590 650 0 Quarries and quarrying. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109481 650 0 Escapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044783 650 0 Nightmares. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091914 650 0 Faith. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046928 651 0 Romania. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79049551 651 0 Chișinău (Moldova) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80093608 651 0 Antwerp (Belgium) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018141 651 0 Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81132249 651 0 Liège (Belgium) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145886 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Antisemitism |yPrewar. 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 690 4 Postwar effects. 700 1 Rosenfeldt, Michel, |einterviewer. 700 1 Thanassekos, Yannis, |einterviewer. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80110927 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b5048024 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4037) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/4m9183450s 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/