Paul K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Paul K., who was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1933, the youngest of three children. He recounts a happy family life; German invasion in 1940; anti-Jewish regulations, including wearing the yellow star; his brother and sister receiving notices to report for forced labor; their departure; his mother placing him in hiding with assistance from the underground; living with a non-Jewish family friend (Celine); being baptized; attending Catholic school and church; arrest; Red Cross transfer to a children's home outside Brussels; deportation of the older children; transfer to another location; escaping in 1944 with assistance from the underground; placement with a family; liberation by British troops; returning to Brussels with Celine; living with her, then his godmother; testifying against a collaborator; returning to Judaism despite his affinity for Catholicism; his bar mitzvah; emigration to the United States in 1954; military service in Germany; and an unsuccessful attempt to receive reparations. Mr. K. discusses learning none of his family had survived; continuing warm relations with Celine and her family; and sharing his experiences with his children.
Extent and Medium
3 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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- K., Paul, -- 1933-
Corporate Bodies
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Faith.
- Bar mitzvah.
- Christian converts from Judaism.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Child survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Identification (Religion)
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
Places
- Belgium.
- Brussels (Belgium)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat