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Jan C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4288) interviewed by Rik Hemmerijckx,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4288

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jan C., a non-Jew, who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1922. He recalls being raised by his grandparents in Herentals after his father's death; his mother's remarriage; attending school in Turnhout; working in his stepfather's bakery; military conscription in 1940; posting to Gravelines, France; returning to Herentals; involvement with the Resistance; distributing pamphlets, tracking troop movements, and minor sabotage; arrest; imprisonment in Antwerp, then St. Gilles; harsh interrogations; admitting nothing; being condemned to death; deportation to Esterwegen, Börgermoor, Gross Strehlitz, then Laband; slave labor in munitions factories; a death march to Buchenwald; becoming ill; assistance from another prisoner; liberation by United States troops; repatriation to Brussels; returning to Herentals; marriage, and the births of four children. Mr. C. discusses the leadership role of communists in Buchenwald and shows documents.
Author/Creator: C., Jan, 1922-
Published: Herentals, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 2002
Interview Date: February 28, 2002.
Locale: Belgium
Antwerp (Belgium)
Herentals (Belgium)
Turnhout (Belgium)
Gravelines (France)
Cite As: Jan C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4288). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Hemmerijckx, Rik, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Dutch.

Physical Details

Language: Dutch
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 16 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Concentration camp inmates. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Belgian. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Forced labor. Death marches. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Oral histories (document genres) Belgium. Antwerp (Belgium) Herentals (Belgium) Turnhout (Belgium) Gravelines (France) C., Jan,--1922- Esterwegen (Concentration camp) Börgermoor (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6572494
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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