Henri B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-80) interviewed by Laurel Vlock

Videotape testimony of Henri B., who was born in Paris in 1926. He describes the antisemitism he encountered as an apprentice jockey before the war; his escape to southern, unoccupied France when the Jews of Paris were ordered to assemble for deportation; and his detention in and escape from the internment camp at Rivesaltes. He also tells of his life in hiding on a French farm and his activities in the French underground, where, because of his small size, he was trained and employed to work with explosives. Mr. B. speaks with great emotion about his attempts to remember his Jewishness while simultaneously living in fear of its discovery by others. He also recalls the desensitization and the denial of his Jewish upbringing necessary to perform the underground activities which resulted in the loss of human life.