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Oral history interview with Renee Joffe

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.338.31 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0031

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    Oral history interview with Renee Joffe

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Renee Resler Joffe, born in Paris, France, describes her experiences in France during the German occupation while she still was a teenager; having a normal childhood with one younger sister; her father, who was a metallurgist; having to register after the German occupation and getting ID cards and ration cards; not feeling much antisemitism in school; her father being taken to a concentration camp in 1941 and not returning; the roundup of women and her mother arranged for them to go to Southern France for a substantial fee; the journey to the free zone; being 17 at the time and her sister being 12 years old; going to a farm, but living in a country hotel; a member of the French resistance helping them get there; going with her sister to Grenoble, France, which was occupied by the Italians; attending Catholic school; going to a smaller town with her sister during a roundup; her mother staying in Paris until liberation; and her relatives in Belgium.
    Interviewee
    Renee Joffe
    Interviewer
    Mrs. Toby Back

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Joffe, Renee.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Toby Ticktin Back of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo conducted the interview with Renee Joffe with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received copies of interviews from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo from 1990 - 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.
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