Oral history interview with Philippe Ragueneau

Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.54.8 | RG Number: RG-50.647.0008

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Interviewee: Philippe Ragueneau
Date: 2003 May 07 (interview)
Language: French
Extent: 1 DVD : MPEG-2.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nicole Cohen-Addad

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Operation Torch, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Nicole Cohen-Addad donated a copy of the oral history interview with Philippe Ragueneau to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2011. The recording is part of a series of interviews produced by Dr. Cohen-Addad between 2002-2009 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.
Copyright Holder: Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
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