Jacques F., David I., and Paul S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1792
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Jacques F., David I., and Paul S. David I. was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1938. He recounts his family's move to Brussels in 1941; his father arranging with an organization to hide the children; being taken with his brother by a member of the underground to the convent of the Brothers of St. Joseph in Gilly in July 1942; being moved to a children's home in Jamoigne in April 1943; schooling and outdoor activities; attending mass; a German raid; the director's kindness; and not recognizing his father in September 1944 when he came to retrieve them. Mr. I. notes eighty-three Jewish children were saved at Jamoigne; reunions of the children and their rescuers; participating in their recognition by Yad Vashem in 1988; and his parents and sister surviving with assistance from non-Jews.

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.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

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

People

  • S., Paul, -- 1933-
  • I., David, -- 1938-
  • F., Jacques, -- 1935-

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
  • Brothers of St. Joseph.
  • Comité de défense des juifs.
  • World Hashomer Hatzair.

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium.
  • Christian converts from Judaism.
  • Converts.
  • Convents.
  • Child survivors.
  • Hiding.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Brothers.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • False papers.
  • Mutual aid.

Places

  • Cologne (Germany)
  • Austria.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Jamoigne (Belgium)
  • Toulouse (France)
  • Gilly (Belgium)
  • Brussels (Belgium)
  • Belgium.
  • Antwerp (Belgium)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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