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Oral history interview with Simone Jourjon

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.235 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0639

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    Oral history interview with Simone Jourjon

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Simone Jourjon (born Benhamou), born on December 9, 1930, describes her childhood in Tlemcen, Algeria; her parents Etienne and Renee; her mother’s desire for her and her siblings to be well educated; her restriction from attending public school because she was Jewish; her attendance at a Jewish-only school; her father’s service in the French Army; Algeria’s liberation by American forces; her work for an architect, insurance company, and secretary; passing her civil service exam for the Department of Public Treasury in 1949; her arranged marriage to Monsieur Soussin in 1953; her move to Angouleme, on the French mainland; the declaration of Algerian independence on July 5, 1962; her mother’s death on the day of Algerian independence; the general resentment towards French Algerians in France; and her career with various professional organizations.
    Interviewee
    Simone Jourjon
    Interviewer
    Peggy Frankston
    Date
    interview:  2011 September 09

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Extent
    2 digital files : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Jourjon, Simone, 1930-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Mrs. Simone Jourjon in Bordeaux, France on September 9, 2011. This interview is part of a series of USHMM-produced interviews about Jewish life in countries in North Africa during the Holocaust.
    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 08:04:01
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