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Oral history interview with Yvonne Labrousse

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.542.35 | RG Number: RG-50.812.0035

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    Oral history interview with Yvonne Labrousse

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Yvonne Labrousse, born in 1914 in a small village near Chabannes, describes her early life; getting married to a teacher at the Chateau de Chabannes; life in Chabannes, including the political leanings of the region; the efforts made by the community to hide, educate, and feed the Jewish children; giving her house to Félix Chevrier and his wife, while she went with her mother to live in the primary school in Chabannes with the Paillassou sisters; the Vichy police searching for Roger Cerclier, who was the head of the Creusois Resistance maquis in Chabannes; the villagers’ efforts to safely hide Cerclier; the living conditions and scarcity of food; making and repairing clothing; the generosity of farmers who ensured the Jewish children were fed; the OSE staff, including M. Jablonski, who also lived on her farm, and Dr. Meseles and his wife Ida; how there were no Jews in the area and villagers aimed to help the children because they were threatened; the lack of difficultly integrating the Jewish children amongst the village’s own children; and her son, who was born in 1939 and attended nursery school for several months with the children of Chabannes.
    Interviewee
    Yvonne Labrousse
    Interviewer
    Lisa Gossels
    Dean Wetherell
    Date
    1996-1998
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lisa Gossels and Dean Wetherell

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Genre/Form
    Documentary films.
    Extent
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Copyright on this collection has been retained by the donors. Third party use requests must be submitted to Good Egg Productions, Inc. and Wetherell & Associates, Inc. See childrenofchabannes.org for contact information.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Labrousse, Yvonne, 1914-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Lisa Gossels and Dean Wetherell, producers and directors of the documentary "The Children of Chabannes" (1999), donated the oral history interview with Yvonne Labrousse and related footage used in the making of the film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 2014.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:32:39
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