Henri E. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Henri E., who was born in Paris, France in 1916, one of five children. He recalls participating in organized sports; military service in 1937 in Metz; assignment to the Maginot Line in August 1939; retreating during the German invasion in 1940; being wounded; evacuation to Vichy; nineteen months hospitalization; activities for the Resistance while on furloughs from the hospital; meeting his sister in Clermont-Ferrand; participating in bombing Vichy government and Gestapo offices; his sister's arrest, then his on September 13, 1942; imprisonment in several places; a failed escape, organized by the Resistance in February 1944, resulting in executions; transfer to Compie?gne, then Dachau; volunteering to donate blood in exchange for better food; learning they were tricked into participating in medical experiments; organizing by national groups; liberation by United States troops in April 1945; repatriation to Paris through Hotel Lutetia; reunion with his surviving sister and two brothers; working for the United States military; and his career at an oil company. Mr. E. discusses his belief he survived due to his athleticism and spirit of resistance; membership in veteran and survivor organizations; and sharing his experiences with his son.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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Process Info
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People
- E., Henri, -- 1916-
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Compiègne (Concentration camp)
- Hotel Lutetia (Paris, France)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, French.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, French.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Concentration camps -- Underground movements.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Forced labor.
- Human experimentation in medicine.
- Concentration camps -- Sociological aspects.
- Resistance.
Places
- Vichy (France)
- Clermont-Ferrand (France)
- France.
- Paris (France)
- Metz (France)
- Maginot Line (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat