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Oral history interview with Philippe Akar

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.198.41 | RG Number: RG-50.944.0043

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    Oral history interview with Philippe Akar

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Philippe Akar, a notable Resistance fighter and author on the Resistance in World War II, was born January 19, 1919 in Paris, France. In this interview he discusses his family background; his ancestors’ migration from Alsace to Paris in 1871; not being observant Jews; learning about Hitler from newspapers and books; being aware of the growing antisemitism with the influx of Jews from Eastern Europe; being called up by the Vichy government to serve in November or December 1939; the antisemitism in the army; having two children with his non-Jewish wife (the first child was born in 1940 and the second was born just as he was traveling to Spain in 1942 to join the Free French Forces); stopping in a staging area in Mauleon, in southwestern France; crossing into Spain along with his brother, Alain; assuming the personage of a British aviator; being arrested and interned in the Miranda de Ebro concentration camp for six months; being expelled from Spain; arriving in Gibraltar on 17 April 1943; arriving in London to join the FFL on June 15, 1943, where he was a volunteer for the parachutist regiment between December 1943 and June 1944; being transferred to Paris in August 1944; his father’s deportation in 1944; becoming one of the best in explosives and a sabotage expert; being responsible for sabotaging German routes of retreat; blowing up rail lines and roads; liberation; and his retirement.
    Interviewee
    Philippe Akar
    Interviewer
    Borbála Kriza
    Date
    interview:  2017 October 28
    Geography
    creation: Ameugny (France)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Extent
    1 digital file : MPEG-4.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Akar, Philippe.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch produced this oral history interview as part of the European Holocaust Survivors project.
    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 09:37:50
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