Armand H. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Armand H., who was born in Paris, France in 1927. He recalls his older brother's bar mitzvah; his younger brother's ritual circumcision in 1934; attending public school; temporary evacuation with other children during the "Phony War"; German invasion in May 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions and propaganda; rumors of a round-up in summer 1942; his father making a hiding place in their apartment; hiding with his father and older brother the night of July 15 (they thought women and children would not be taken); arrest with his mother and younger brother in August; his release because of his age and sponsorship by an uncle married to a non-Jew; hearing from his mother in Drancy; obtaining a job with UGIF which exempted him and his father from deportation; learning his mother and brother had been deported August 14 (they never returned); hiding his older brother for thirteen months; obtaining false papers for his brother; deportation of UGIF officials, but not low-level employees; liberation by United States troops in August 1944; working for the Joint; emigration to the United States; and working at the United Nations for forty-one years. Mr. H. shows photographs, documents, and memorabilia.

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