Overview
- Interview Summary
- Monique Franco, born in Paris, France in 1934 recounters her Holocaust experience of being abandoned by her mother and left with her great-grandparents; attending school until the Nazi's occupied Paris; living under restrictions; witnessing persecutions and deportations; hiding with farmers in a small town near Tonnerre; emigrating to Mexico after the war.
- Interviewee
- Monique Franco
- Interviewer
- Aaron Cohen
Esther Cohen - Date
-
interview:
2022 March 28
- Geography
-
creation:
Mexico City (Mexico)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Aaron Cohen and Esther Cohen
Physical Details
- Language
- Spanish
- Extent
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1 digital file : MP4.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of the material(s) in this collection. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
- Copyright Holder
- Aaron Cohen
Esther Cohen
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939 – 1945)--Personal narratives. Women--Personal narratives. Hidden children (Holocaust) Hiding places. Immigration and emigration.
- Geographic Name
- Paris (France) Tonnerre (France)
- Personal Name
- Franco, Monique.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Aaron Cohen and Esther Cohen donated their interviews to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2023.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-14 11:52:17
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