Sam F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4274) interviewed by Yannis Thanassekos and Michel Rosenfeldt,
Videotape testimony of Sam F., a Protestant, who was born in Piétrebais, Belgium in 1918. He recounts that his parents were very religious; working in their market; military draft in 1939; German invasion; demobilization; continuing to work for his father; moving to Brussels to avoid forced labor; sending packages to Belgian POWs in Germany; arrest in June 1944; incarceration in Charleroi prison; deportation to Buchenwald in August; transfer several weeks later to Blankenburg; slave labor in construction; frequent deaths and starvation; a death march to Magdeburg; a mass killing of prisoners; liberation; transfer by the Red Cross to Lübeck, then to a hospital in Trelleborg, Sweden, and then to Ulricehamn; surgery; repatriation to his parents' home; marriage in 1946; and the births of two children. Mr. F. discusses developing faith in God while in camp; nightmares resulting from his experiences; and receiving reparations for permanent injuries.
- Published
- Brussels, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 2000
- Interview Date
- December 18, 2000.
- Locale
- Belgium
Piétrebais (Belgium)
Brussels (Belgium)
Magdeburg (Germany)
Lübeck (Germany)
Trelleborg (Sweden)
Ulricehamn (Sweden) - Language
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French
- Copies
- 2 copies: Betacam SP master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Cite As
- Sam F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4274). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6572397
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