Georges G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Georges G., who was born in Pau, France in 1940. He details his family's history in Russia and Latvia; early recollections of hiding with his sister with a non-Jewish family until 1942; his parents' visits; living with an uncle near his parents' hiding place; a non-Jewish child on the their street warning Jewish children their parents had been arrested, thus saving the children; his ever-present fear of Germans; French doctors fabricating medical certificates to save Jews from deportation; his panic upon seeing French soldiers after liberation; and his family's lifelong friendship with a French resistant who helped them and other Jewish families in Pau. He discusses his belief in Zionism (he lived in Israel for two years); insuring his daughter receives a Jewish education; his professional interest in psychic trauma resulting from his war experiences; and the increasing importance of his memories with the passage of time.
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. This testimony cannot be used without prior permission of the donor.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- G., Georges, -- 1940-
Subjects
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar effects.
- False papers.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Child survivors.
- Parent and child.
- Zionists.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Pau (France)
- France.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat