Victor B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Victor B., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1934 and has vague memories of being smuggled to Antwerp. He recounts bombings when Germany invaded in spring 1940; an unsuccessful attempt to escape to France; brief hospitalization for measles; returning to Antwerp; his father being taken to a labor camp (he shows postcards from him); moving with his mother to Brussels; his father's return; his parents placing him in hiding with non-Jews in a village (his parents remained in Brussels); transfer to an orphanage; living with a widow; being protected by all the non-Jews in the town; his mother's visits; a Catholic education; liberation by United States troops; reunion with his parents; briefly wanting to convert to Catholicism; searching for lost relatives; and emigration to the United States in 1947 to join a cousin. Mr. B. shows photographs and documents.
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
- B., Victor, -- 1934-
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Identification (Religion)
- Child survivors.
- Orphanages.
- Mothers and sons.
Places
- Antwerp (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Austria.
- Vienna (Austria)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat