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Oral history interview with Joyce Mizrachi

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.169 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0534

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    Oral history interview with Joyce Mizrachi

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    Interview Summary
    Joyce Mizrachi, born in 1941, discusses her birth in the Rivesaltes camp in southern France; her family, including her brother Andre Zalc and sister Lucie Ragin; her mother and sister’s escape from Rivesaltes without her; being returned with her family by the Red Cross; living in Marseilles at the end of the war; air raids in Marseilles; memories of constantly being frightened; the difficulties her family faced when they returned to Belgium; post-war antisemitism she experienced in Belgium; her family’s arrival in United States; her homesickness; her father’s difficulties adjusting to life in the US; her mother’s strength; the fear she had that she was not her mother’s real child; how her parent’s dealt with their wartime experience; growing up with parents who are Holocaust survivors; life lessons she learned from her mother; her love of acting; the effect of Alzheimer’s disease on her father’s memories of the war; learning about her father’s family after the war; and the comfort she found in her marriage and family.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Joyce Zalc Mizrachi
    Interviewer
    Peggy Frankston
    Date
    interview:  2009 July 23
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Provenance
    Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, in association with the Musée Mémorial du Camp de Rivesaltes, conducted the interview with Joyce Mizrachi on July 23, 2009. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch received the interview in July 2009.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:25
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