Roger B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2840
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Roger B., who was born in Nancy, France in 1910. He recalls working as a court lawyer; moving to Paris; mobilization in August 1939; service on the Maginot line; being taken prisoner by Germans in June 1940; internment as a French prisoner of war in several places, including Sarrebourg, Sarralbe, and Trier, which are described in his friend Francis Ambrie?re's book; assisting groups to stay together; receiving extra food from a guard; transfer to Amboise, then Saumur; his parents visiting once; transfer to Sankt Johann im Pongau; organizing plays and giving lectures; work assignments in Salzburg; liberation in May 1945; returning to Paris; reunion with his parents; working for several Jewish organization; marriage in 1947; nomination to the Legion of Honor; and writing for the Jewish press.

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 can only be used for education or research and not for any commercial purposes.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • B., Roger, -- 1910-

Subjects

  • Prisoners of war -- Germany.
  • Prisoners of war -- France.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Mutual aid.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, French.

Places

  • Sarrebourg (France)
  • Paris (France)
  • Amboise (France)
  • Sarralbe (France)
  • Salzburg (Austria)
  • Saumur (France)
  • Trier (Germany : Refugee camp)
  • Sankt Johann im Pongau (Austria)
  • Nancy (France)
  • France.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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