"Memory Journey from Salonica to Paris" Oral testimony of Janine Gerson-Père
Extent and Medium
1 digital file, MPEG-4
Creator(s)
- Isabelle Pleskoff
Biographical History
Isabelle Pleskoff, head librarian at the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme (Mahj), donated video recordings of Holocaust presentations and interviews produced by the Mahj to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2015. The interview was conducted on June 1, 2014 and the original French title is "Itinéraire mémoriel de Salonique à Paris avec Janine Gerson-Père."
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme
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
Restrictions on use. Requests for copies and use must be submitted to Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme.
People
- Janine Gerson-Pere
- Isabelle Pleskoff
- Gerson-Père, Janine.
Subjects
- Children of Holocaust survivors--France.
- Holocaust survivors' writings.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jews--Greece--Thessalonike.
- Jews--France--Paris.
- Hiding places--France.
- Jews--Identity.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--France.
- Paris (France)
- 11e Arrondissement (Paris, France)
- Jews, Greek--France--Paris.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)
- Holocaust survivors--France.
- Thessalonike (Greece)
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
- Jews--Persecutions--France.
Genre
- Oral History