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Paula S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4078) interviewed by Michel Rosenfeldt and Yannis Thanassekos,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4078

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Paula S., who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1912. She recounts her family's evacuation to England during World War I; returning home; their poverty; her father's death; one sister emigrating to England (she had been born there); participating in communist youth activities; German invasion; organizing anti-Nazi activities; joining the partisans; defying anti-Jewish restrictions; her mother's and sister-in-law's deportations (she never saw them again); hiding using false papers; arrest; imprisonment in Antwerp and St. Gilles; transfer to Breendonk, then Malines; not revealing information about the resistance during torture; her trial in Essen; a six year sentence; imprisonment in Mesum; transfer to Gross Strehlitz, then Ravensbrück; the shock of the horrendous conditions; assistance from political prisoners; slave labor; bonding with French and Belgian prisoners; transfer to Binder, then Langenhorn; liberation by the Red Cross; transfer in May to Denmark, then Sweden; hospitalization; transport to Brussels in July; assistance from the Red Cross; reunion with her brother-in-law and niece; marriage to a camp survivor; continuing friendship with fellow survivors; and recent involvement in the Ravensbrück association and Jewish organizations. Ms. S. discusses details of camp life; the difficulty of surviving; her state of mind in camps; and inter-group relations.
    Author/Creator
    S., Paula, 1912-
    Published
    Brussels, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 1997
    Interview Date
    May 12, 1997.
    Locale
    Belgium
    Germany
    Antwerp (Belgium)
    England
    Essen (Germany)
    Mesum (Germany)
    Denmark
    Sweden
    Brussels (Belgium)
    Cite As
    Paula S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4078). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Rosenfeldt, Michel, interviewer.
    Thanassekos, Yannis, interviewer.
    Notes
    This testimony is in French.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Copies
    2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (4 hr., 8 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Partisans.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Hiding.
    False papers.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4677202
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
    This page:
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