Felix W. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Felix W., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924. He describes antisemitic incidents; the Anschluss; expulsion from school; Kristallnacht; his father's incarceration in Dachau; confiscation of their apartment; his mother's decision that he was to leave while she waited for his father's release; attempting to enter France in December 1938 from Saarbru?cken, then crossing from Karlsruhe to Lauterbourg; being returned by French authorities; crossing from Freiburg to Basel; assistance from the Committee for Jewish Refugees; and joining relatives in Paris in July 1939. Mr. W. recounts German invasion; leaving Paris by himself in a mass exodus in June 1940; moving to Pre?chacq-Josbaig to join relatives after their release from Gurs; fleeing to Pau after his uncle's arrest in December 1940; living with his aunt in Rioupe?roux; arrest on August 31, 1942; incarceration in Gurs, then Rivesaltes; escaping in September; obtaining false papers; returning to his aunt; assistance from the mayor; fleeing from Lyon to Chamonix; crossing to Switzerland; arrest by Swiss guards; transfer to refugee camps in Martigny, Bu?ren, and Girenbad; learning photography in Locarno; and photographing refugee camps for the Zentralleitung der Arbeitslager.

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