Oral history interview with Sylvain S. Smadja

Identifier
irn75068
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.309
  • RG-50.030.0727
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn75068

Extent and Medium

1 digital file, WAV

Creator(s)

  • Peggy Frankston

Biographical History

Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Sylvain S. Smadja on December 9, 2013 in Paris, France.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Smadja, Sylvain S., 1921-
  • Peggy Frankston
  • Sylvain S. Smadja
  • Leclerc, Philippe, 1902-1947.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. French Armored Division, 2nd
  • Free French Forces
  • France. Army. 2nd Armored Division

Subjects

  • Normandy (France)
  • Paramilitary forces.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Africa, North.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Desertions--Tunisia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
  • Typhus fever.
  • Swimmers.
  • Sports tournaments--Algeria--Algiers.
  • Soldiers--Billeting.
  • Military training camps--Libya.
  • Jews--Tunisia--Tunis.
  • Jewish soldiers--Tunisia.
  • Jewish athletes.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Tunisia--Personal narratives.
  • Forced labor.
  • Epidemics--Tunisia.
  • Epidemics--Africa, North--History--20th century.
  • Concentration camp escapes.
  • Antisemitism in sports.
  • France.
  • Tunisia--History--French occupation, 1881-1956.
  • Tunis (Tunisia)
  • Tripolitania.
  • Temara (Morocco)
  • Sabratha (Extinct city)
  • Qayrawān (Tunisia)
  • Paris (France)
  • Montereau-faut-Yonne (France)
  • Marseille (France)
  • ʻAyn ad Darāhim (Tunisia)
  • Hesse (Germany)
  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • France--Emigration and immigration.
  • Diessen am Ammersee (Germany)
  • Berchtesgaden (Germany)
  • Avranches (France)
  • Ammer Lake (Germany)
  • Algiers (Algeria)
  • Bizerte (Tunisia)

Genre

  • Oral History
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