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Unrestricted - Fortunoff Video Archive
Date of Interview:
31/08/90
Interviewed By:
Toby Blum-Dobkin

Interview Summary
Videotape testimony of Lewis S., who was born in London, England in 1911 and emigrated to New York with his family in 1917. He recalls becoming a dental technician; serving in the military during the war in that capacity; obtaining a job in 1945 working in ORT schools in displaced persons camps in Europe to train dental technicians; working through UNRRA; living in Arolsen, then Pasing, Germany; establishing many schools including in Feldafing, Landsberg, and Heidelberg; improving diet and conditions in DP camps whenever he could; meeting Germans who claimed they knew nothing of concentration camps in spite of living in close proximity to them (he did not believe them); and visiting several concentration camps. Mr. S. shows documents, photographs, and memorabilia.

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