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Oral history interview with Mario Faivre

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.54.4 | RG Number: RG-50.647.0004

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    Oral history interview with Mario Faivre

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Mario Faivre, born March 24, 1922 in Franche Comté, France, describes his family history; the importance to his family history of the Franche Comté immigration of Jews to Algeria, noting that his family began immigrating to Algeria in the 1840s; his grandfather, Xavier Jules Faivre, who arrived in Algeria in 1872; his father, who was born in Miliana, Algeria; his mother, who was born in Blida, Algeria; his father’s career as a journalist with a special interest in the arts; his parents’ departure for Paris to launch a cultural review periodical; the October 7, 1940 Vichy legislation abolishing French citizenship for Algerian Jews; Jews being forced to leave schools; Jewish professors losing their jobs; concentration camps being established at Bedeau and Djelfa; his role on the November 8 events (Operation Torch) and the Darlan execution; and his return to Algeria on December 7, 1945 after his military discharge in December 1945.
    Interviewee
    Mario Faivre
    Date
    interview:  2003 May 05
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nicole Cohen-Addad

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Extent
    2 DVDs : MPEG-2.

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    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. The collection donor Nicole Cohen-Addad retains copyright and distribution rights. The use of this interview in video/film form, whether in a documentary or romanced form, requires written permission from Dr. Cohen-Addad. Contact information can be found at www.compagnons8nov1942.org

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    Provenance
    Nicole Cohen-Addad donated a copy of the oral history interview with Mario Faivre to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2011. The recording is part of a series of interviews produced by Dr. Cohen-Addad beginning in 2002 with Algerian Jews and with participants in resistance against the French Vichy regime in order to help the Allies land in Algiers during the November, 8, 1942 Operation Torch.
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    2023-11-16 09:20:26
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