Maurice S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Maurice S., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1915. He recalls joining a Zionist organization in spite of his family's Hasidic roots; antisemitic harassment; attending a private Hebrew school; emigration with his family to Antwerp, Belgium in 1929; joining his father's business; fleeing toward France during the German invasion; returning; moving to Brussels in late 1941 or early 1942 after receiving German orders to report for work; obtaining false papers; placing his parents in hiding with an Italian woman; removing them after Germans came and the woman protected them; traveling to Alle, a small village, with his parents and siblings; renting a house using their false papers; attending church; moving to Bohan; hiding in the woods when warned of German raids; and returning to Brussels after the war. Mr. S. relates business trips to the United States; meeting his wife there; emigrating in 1950; and raising his own children and adopted twins (Soviet refugees whose mother died). He shows photographs and documents.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- S., Maurice, -- 1915-
Subjects
- Zionists.
- Family.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- False papers.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Bohan (Belgium)
- Antwerp (Belgium)
- Alle (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Poland.
- Warsaw (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat