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Victor L., former French forced laborer (STO)
Victor L. (year unkown)
Victor L., 2006 in southern france
The Frenchman Paul Ch. was committed to perform forced labor in Germany in 1943 within the framework of the Service du Travail obligatoire (STO). He worked in a foundry of the steel plant Reichswerke Hermann Göring near Amberg, in a concrete factory in Hirschau and in a forest in Pensberg.
- Born in Grau du Roi, France on July 18th, 1921
- 1940: Begins studying fine arts in Montpellier
- Interrupts his studies due to his service in the organization “chantiers du jeunesse” (November 1941 to June 1942)
- March 1943: Forced labor in Amberg in a foundry of the steel plant Reichswerke Hermann Göring
- April to June 1943: Forced labor in a concrete factory in Hirschau
- July 1943 to April 1944: Forced labor in a forest in Penzberg
- Housing in barrack camps and then for a short time with a German family
- Goes into hiding from May until June 1944
- Works as a caricaturist and a journalist after the war and finally for the newspaper Paris Match
Interview Data:
- Video interview in French
- Interviewed on July 10th, 2006 by Anne-Marie Granet-Abisset
- Interview duration: 3 hours
- Transcript, photos
- Subset "France - AAMRDI Grenoble"
