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Oral history interview with Jacques L. Godel

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.030.0349

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    Oral history interview with Jacques L. Godel

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Jacques L. Godel, born on October 9, 1924 in Paris, France, describes having few experiences with antisemitism before 1940; growing up in a family that was not very religious but was involved in the Zionist movement; being uncertain about what to do when the Germans came into his town; being subjected to anti-Jewish laws and having to wear the yellow star between 1941 to 1942; going into hiding in Haute-Garonne, where he and his family hid until April 1943; going to Spain with help from the French resistance and being put in jail as a waiting spot until they could move into a hotel in Laredo; moving to Barcelona with his family and staying there for three months; then moving to Morocco on July 15, 1943; entering the Free French Forces to fight at Normandy; returning to France after the war; and immigrating to the United States in June 1964.
    Interviewee
    Jacques L. Godel
    Interviewer
    Randy M. Goldman
    Date
    interview:  1995 August 15
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    3 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Godel, Jacques L., 1924-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Randy M. Goldman, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Jacques L. Godel on August 28, 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:02:15
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