Roger B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Roger B., a Catholic, who was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1921. He recounts attending school; working as an accountant; contact with Jewish refugees fleeing to the United States; German invasion; military draft; service in France; capture by Germans; escaping with others; returning to Brussels; his father's participation in the underground; notification of his draft for labor in Germany; hiding; observing a killing of Jews from his hiding place; remaining in hiding despite obtaining false papers; liberation by British troops; joining a Belgian section of the British army; assignments in Germany and Belgium; demobilization in 1946; marriage; and his son's birth. Mr. B. discusses many friends and relatives who assisted Jews; visiting Dachau in the 1950s; and reunions with fellow soldiers. He shows photographs and drawings.
Extent and Medium
4 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
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- B., Roger, -- 1921-
Subjects
- Postwar expereinces.
- Hiding.
- False papers.
- Escapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Belgian.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Belgian.
Places
- Belgium.
- Brussels (Belgium)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat