Paul H. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Paul H., whose family moved to Belgium when he was one. He recalls their socialist leanings; enlisting in the Belgian army; posting to France; traveling to Rouen to escape capture; reunion with his parents in Vichy and brother in Toulouse; their return to Brussels; joining the Resistance in 1941; warning Jews not to go for foreign labor (deportation); actions against Germans; hiding Jewish children; orders to report to Malines with his family; hiding; his parents' attempt to reach Switzerland; his brother's escape to England; arrest; imprisonment in St. Gilles; help from other inmates; transfer to Malines; and deportation to Auschwitz in 1943. Mr. H. describes transfer to Mys?owice (Fu?rstengrube)); volunteering for mine work; aid from Polish workers; the guards' disappearance; Germans returning; escaping to a French POW camp; liberation by Soviet troops; traveling to Krako?w then Lublin; repatriation to Marseille via Odesa; living with his uncle in Paris; returning to Brussels; learning his parents had been killed in Auschwitz; and reunion with his brother. He discusses prisoner group relations in camps; the importance to his survival of cooperation, friendships, and his spirit; lifelong decisions based on his camp experiences; and efforts to promote Holocaust education.

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