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Oral history interview with Lucie Ragin, Joyce Mizrachi, and André Zalc

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.170 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0535

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    Oral history interview with Lucie Ragin, Joyce Mizrachi, and André Zalc

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    Interview Summary
    Lucie Ragin, Joyce Mizrachi, and Andre Zalc describe their mother’s early life in Latvia and Azerbaijan; their father’s background in Łódź, Poland; their parent’s marriage in Belgium; leaving Belgium for France by train; their two week train trip; daily life in the Rivesaltes camp; life in Trets, France, the village to which their family fled; hiding personal documents throughout the war; acts of resistance in Trets; their father’s role in the resistance; Lucie and Andre’s experiences living in an orphanage immediately after the war; the lack of sufficient food in the orphanage; Andre’s bar mitzvah in France; their trouble getting visas to come to the United States; arriving in the United States; other Rivesaltes prisoners and their families; their father’s difficulty adjusting to life in US; their religious life in US; the rabbi who was the religious leader at Rivesaltes; and the reasons they chose to speak about their experiences.
    Interviewee
    Mr. André Zalc
    Ms. Lucie Ragin
    Ms. Joyce Zalc Mizrachi
    Interviewer
    Frankston, Peggy
    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
    2 videocasettes (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 Lucie Ragin, Joyce Mizrachi, and André Zalc 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 08:03:26
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