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Oral history interview with Diego Masson

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.53.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0748

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    Oral history interview with Diego Masson

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    Interview Summary
    Diego Masson, born in Tossa de Mar, Spain (Catalonia) on June 21, 1935, describes his family; how his artist father, André Masson, moved the family back to France when the Spanish Civil War started in late 1936; how the family lived frugally on a stipend from the art-dealer Daniel Henry Kahnweiler; how after the German invasion his family took refuge in Auvergne, France then Marseille, France; how his father was on the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) list that Varian Fry brought with him to Marseilles in August 1940; leaving on a cargo ship, the Carimare, which was transformed to carry passengers; staying briefly in Martinique before going to New York, NY; how Alexander Calder helped them find a farmhouse to rent in New Preston, CT; going to the local school; antisemitism in New Preston; returning to France in the fall of 1945; settling in Aix-en-Provence, France; studying at the Paris Conservatory of Music; his involvement with the FLN (National Liberation Front); and his guilt about not having done more to thank Varian Fry for all that he did for his family.
    Interviewee
    Diego Masson
    Interviewer
    Peggy Frankston
    Date
    interview:  2014 March 12

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Extent
    2 digital files : WAV.

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    Provenance
    Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Diego Masson in Paris, France on March 12, 2014.
    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 08:04:37
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