Jacques R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jacques R., who was born in Paris, France in 1941. He recounts his parents were Polish immigrants; different versions of his experiences that he has learned from relatives (he was too young to remember); being captured; a Jewish woman taking him; his parents' deportation to Auschwitz (they were killed); his grandmother convincing the woman to let him go; living with his aunt; hiding on farms and in children's homes; his grandmother's and aunt's successful efforts to reclaim his parents' apartment after the war; living in a children's home from 1949 since his relatives could not support him; his strong French, rather than Jewish identity; and emigration to Israel in 1955. Mr. R. discusses anger and sadness during his childhood; at age eight, playing a game with himself that he made up called "gas chamber"; meeting an uncle in Paris in 1979 who gave him a letter from his father; and sharing his experiences with his children. He describes photographs of his parents and shows their names on a deportation list.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- R., Jacques, -- 1941-
Subjects
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Hiding.
- Child survivors.
- Identification (Religion)
- Orphanages -- France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Places
- Paris (France)
- France.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat