Overview
- Interview Summary
- Roland Levi discusses his father’s efforts to hide their Jewish heritage; being pulled out of school with his sister; being prevented from going to Auschwitz by an orphanage in Belgium where he was protected from the Gestapo; the final round up of Belgium Jews in August 1944; being smuggled to safety; the death penalty for not wearing the star of David; finishing his education in Brussels; moving to the United States; the need to erase the word “hate” from our vocabulary; the responsibility of more than just Germany in the Holocaust; the importance of educating children about acceptance to combat antisemitism; the denial of the Holocaust by many countries immediately after the war; his appreciation for freedom in the U.S.; the difficulties of being a Jew in post-World War II Europe even today; the change in the Catholic Church’s stance about Jews and the crucifixion of Christ; how the world is a better place today; the reluctance of many Jews to discuss their experiences in concentration camps; and his view of why Hitler came to power.
- Date
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interview:
2013 April 10
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of University of Missouri
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 sound cassette (90 min.).
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Belgium. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors--United States. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Belgium. Jews--Belgium. Star of David badges. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Brussels (Belgium) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Levi, Roland.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The University of Missouri donated the oral testimony of Roland Levi to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 15, 2013. The testimony was recorded at the university's Ellis Library on April 10, 2013.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:29:58
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