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Oral history interview with Charles Baron

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.377 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0560

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    Oral history interview with Charles Baron

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Charles Baron, born July 18, 1926 in Paris, France, discusses his family background; his childhood on his grandparents’ farm in Seine-et-Oise, France; returning to Paris at the age of six to attend school; his memories of the outbreak of World War II; seeing signs posted saying that Jews could not enter Paris; the arrival of German forces; departing for his grandfather’s farm; his parents’ arrest by French policemen and their deportation to Drancy on July 16, 1942; his apprenticeship in Paris; being arrested at the Vallee de Chevreuse train station with his grandmother’s brother on September 12, 1942; being sent to Drancy and then Dresden or Leipzig before arriving at the Kozle labor camp in Poland; working on the Berlin-Moscow Victory road; being transferred to Dachau and then to Kleinmanndorf camp; learning how to make bad concrete; working in a factory in lower Silesia; being accused of sabotaging factory operations; being sent to Auschwitz on July 26, 1944; working in a concrete factory; his forced evacuation from Auschwitz via train; escaping the train with another man; receiving assistance from villagers; the arrival of American troops; staying in an American military hospital for four months; returning to Paris on September 17, 1945; and difficulties reintegrating into a normal life.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Charles Baron
    Interviewer
    Diane Afoumado
    Date
    interview:  2008 December 18

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Extent
    1 digital file : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Baron, Charles, 1926-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Charles Baron on December 18, 2008. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in January 2010.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:34
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