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• Author/Creator:S., Paul, 1925-
  
• Title:Paul S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1565) [videorecording] / interviewed by Sonia Simons and Janice Gordon, March 11, 1991 and March 18, 1991.
  
• Published/Created:Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1991.
  
• Physical Description:2 videorecordings (1 hr., 54 min. and 1 hr., 47 min.) : col.
  

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  • Location:LSF-Physical copy for request by library staff only
    Staff Request for Use in Manuscripts and Archives
    
    
  • Call Number: MS 1322
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  •   Digital testimony (mssa.hvt.1565)
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• Notes:2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
  
• Summary:Videotape testimony of Paul S., who was born in Witten, Germany in 1925 of a Jewish father and Christian mother, who converted to Judaism. He recalls participation in Zionist organizations; one brother's emigration to Palestine; being hidden by non-Jewish neighbors on Kristallnacht; his father's imprisonment in Sachsenhausen; living with his non-Jewish aunt in Berlin; attending school in Dortmund; living at Zionist, then labor camps from 1940 onward; his older brother's death in an aborted attempt to reach Palestine; avoiding deportation because he was a "mischling"; deciding to live "underground" in Berlin in late 1944; receiving aid from a Zionist group; hiding with both Jews and non-Jews; escaping the Gestapo in early 1945; hiding on a farm; and liberation during the Soviet capture of Berlin. He recounts learning of his father's death in Terezín; reunion with his mother in Witten; her death; marriage in 1948; unsuccessful efforts to reach Palestine; working in a displaced persons camp in France; and emigration to the United States in 1951. Mr. S. emphasizes the importance of his Zionist training and ideology.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:Paul S. Holocaust Testimonies (HVT-1565). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
  
• Subjects:S., Paul, 1925-
  Holocaust survivors.
  Video tapes.
  Men.
  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
  Anti-Nazi movement--Germany.
  Forced labor.
  World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
  World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  Zionists.
  Kristallnacht, 1938.
  Refugee camps.
  Children of interfaith marriage.
  Germany.
  Witten (Germany)
  Berlin (Germany)
  Dortmund (Germany)
  France.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Antisemitism--Prewar.
  Postwar experiences.
  Aid by non-Jews.
  Zionist organizations.
  Crystal Night, 1938.
  Hiding.
  Zionist activities.
  
• Genre/Form:Oral histories (document genres)
  
• Also listed under:Simons, Sonia, interviewer.