Roland H. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Roland H., who was born in Paris, France in 1922. He describes his family's Alsatian roots; their strong French patriotism; studying in Marseille, Nantes, Bordeaux, Agen, and Lyon; joining the Resistance; hiding in Evian to avoid forced labor; joining a network which manufactured false papers; arrest in a Resistance office in Paris in March 1944; interrogations and torture in Fresnes prison; transfer to Drancy; return to Fresnes; and deportation to Auschwitz-Monowitz via Drancy. Mr. H. recalls minor surgery during a hospitalization; work in the chemical kommando; relations between prisoner groups including British prisoners of war; public hangings; the death march to Buchenwald; encountering Marcel Paul, who helped many prisoners, and Marcel Dassault; self-liberation; arrival of United States and Canadian troops; assistance from the French Red Cross; returning to France; and reunion with his mother and sister. He provides vivid details of many incidents in the Resistance, prison, and the camps.

4 videocassettes