Oral history interviews of the Jonathan Maimon collection
Overview
- Interview Summary
- Members of the Maimon family discuss their lives in Tunisia during the Nazi occupation, including their memories of life in the coastal town of Gabès (Qābis); forced labor; the Gestapo; their liberation by Allied forces; and their immigration to Israel. The order in which the interviewees appear is 1. Perets Maimon, 2. Odette Maimon, 3. Tsvia Conrad, 4. Shmuel Haddad, 5. Sabrusa Maimon
- Subtitle
- Interviews produced for the film “Journey from Tunisia”
- Interviewee
- Odette Maimon
Perets Maimon
Sabrusa Maimon
Shmuel Haddad
Tsvia Conrad - Date
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interview:
2014
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jonathan Maimon
Physical Details
- Extent
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digital files : MPEG-4.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Interviews and supplementary footage from the film "Journey from Tunisia" can only be viewed on site at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum until September 2022. In 2022, the recordings will be available online. For off site access or requests for use, contact the film's producer, Jonathan Maimon, at j.maimon@gmail.com.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Forced labor--Tunisia. Holocaust survivors--Israel. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Tunisia--Personal narratives. Jewish families--Jews--Tunisia. Jews--Persecutions--Tunisia. Jews--Tunisia--Qābis. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Tunisia. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Tunisia. Men--Personal narratives. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Israel--Emigration and immigration. Qābis (Tunisia) Tunisia--History--French occupation, 1881-1956. Vichy (France)
- Personal Name
- Conrad, Tsvia. Haddad, Shumel, 1927-2015. Maimon, Odette. Maimon, Perets. Maimon, Sabrusa.
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Gestapo
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Jonathan Maimon donated the oral history interviews produced for his documentary film “Journey from Tunisia” to the United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem in August 2017.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-01 16:09:34
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