- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Philip H., who was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1922. He describes a violent childhood in a poor Jewish neighborhood in Chicago, and vividly recalls the isolated experiences of love and kindness which proved crucial to his later outlook and conduct. He also discusses the dissolution of his mystical view of the unity of all life, as represented by the "Shema", after witnessing the devastation of Mannheim during World War II. Professor H. documents how his study of cruelty and evil eventually focused on the Holocaust, and how his discovery of goodness in its midst, exemplified by the French village of Le Chambon (which served as a refuge for Jews), enabled him to "complete the circle" and return to his original world view.
- Author/Creator
- H., Philip, 1922-
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- April 26, 1980.
- Locale
- Mannheim (Germany)
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
- Cite As
- Philip H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-174). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Auerhahn, Nanette, interviewer.
- Notes
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Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.
Related publication: Lest innocent blood be shed : the story of the village of Le Chambon, and how goodness happened there / Phillip P. Hallie. -- New York : Harper & Row, c1979.
