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Victor L., former French forced laborer (STO)
Victor L. (year unkown)
Victor L., 2006 in southern france
The Frenchman Victor L. 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 railroad construction in Penzberg.
- Born in Grau du Roi, France on July 18, 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 railroad construction in Penzberg
- Housing in barrack camps and for a short time with a German family
- Manages to return to France and goes into hiding in May 1944
- Works as a caricaturist and a journalist after the war and finally for the newspaper Paris Match
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- Video interview in French
- Interviewed on July 10, 2006 by Anne-Marie Granet-Abisset
- Interview duration: 3 hours
- Transcript, photos
- Subset "France - AAMRDI Grenoble"
A biographical short film (duration 25 minutes) from the interview with Helena B.-Sz. has been produced for the German-language educational material "Video Testimonies for School Education". Together with a biographical map, a glossary and additional documents, it is available in the learning software.
