Jean I. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jean I., who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1939. His first memory is of hiding in a castle with his mother and grandmother and sixty other Jews in May 1942 with assistance from the underground. He recalls their move to Durbuy because it was dangerous to be with a large group; attending school; receiving ration cards from the mayor; hiding in a convent when locals warned them of danger; attending mass in the convent; housing retreating Germans in their home in September 1944; liberation by British and United States troops in October 1944; their return to Antwerp in June 1945; learning his real name and that he was Jewish (they had false papers); and learning his father had perished in a concentration camp. Mr. I. discusses visiting Durbuy with his children and his belief that antisemitism in Europe continues.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- I., Jean, -- 1939-
Subjects
- Survivor-child relations.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Postwar experiences.
- False papers.
- Grandparent and child.
- Mothers and sons.
- Child survivors.
- Convents.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Antwerp (Belgium)
- Belgium.
- Durbuy (Belgium)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat