Henri R. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Henri R., who was born in Poland in 1910. He recalls growing up in P?ock; his father's desire that he become a rabbi; moving to Paris in 1931 with his future wife to study medicine; working as a custodian while studying; joining the Foreign Legion; demobilization in the free zone; rejoining his wife in Paris; arrest in May 1941; internment in Pithiviers; working as a physician; adequate living conditions; visits from his wife; transfer to Drancy with a group of children in September 1942; deportation to Auschwitz a week later; voluntary transfer to Golleschau; forced labor in a quarry; later gaining a privileged position as a doctor; receiving a package from his wife; a hostile Lagera?lteste who replaced him with another doctor; regaining his position after friendly kapos killed the other doctor against Mr. R.'s wishes; death marches to Flossenbu?rg and Dachau; receiving water and food from German civilians; liberation by United States troops; General Eisenhower's visit; penicillin treatment when he had typhus; recovery in Konstanz; traveling to Paris; and reunion with his wife. Mr. R. discusses relations between national groups in the camps and his inability to recount his experiences to his children.

3 videocassettes