Oral history interview with Jean Boete

Identifier
irn506489
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.7
  • RG-50.012.0007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506489

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Gay Block
  • Malka Drucker

Biographical History

Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Jean Boete on July 7, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.

Archival History

Gay Block

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Jean Boete
  • Mosse, Alain Raoul, 1920-1944.
  • Gay Block
  • Malka Drucker
  • Boete, Jean, 1921-

Corporate Bodies

  • France. Army

Subjects

  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • France--Officials and employees.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--France.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • Catholics, German--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Children.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French.
  • Jews--Persecutions--France.
  • Paris (France)
  • Chambéry (France)

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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