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Oral history interview with Georges Cohen

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.234.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0766

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    Oral history interview with Georges Cohen

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Georges Joseph Cohen, born on November 21, 1932 in Tunis, Tunisia, describes his two siblings; his fathe, who imported cheese and dairy products from France; living on the rue d'Isly, near the Grande Synagogue of Tunis; his family not being strictly observant; attending the Tunisian equivalent of a heder and learned the rudiments of Hebrew; belonging to a group of scouts for members of the Jewish bourgeoisie, the UUJJ (Union Universelle de la Jeunesse Juive); not attending school during one year of the German occupation; his memories of the air raids and having to seek shelter in outdoor trenches dug in a Jewish cemetery and indoor shelters at the local police station; the Vichy laws which obliged all Jews to hand over their radios to the police; how his family’s house was not requisitioned or pillaged; how the French militia, such as the Service d'ordre legionnaire (SOL), took over people's apartments and stole their belongings; the conditions for Jews in North Africa during the war, including families moving in together, crowding apartments to the bursting point; his family moving into their grandmother's apartment on the rue de Constantine with 17 other people; a cousin who had been requisitioned to work clearing debris in the port and airfield in Bizerte later told him about his experiences; how a young uncle, René Pariente, was not allowed to practice law; his father being unable to obtain products from France to sell; passing his baccalaureate exam in 1951; continuing his university studies in France to become a teacher; being a civil servant and being sent to the city of Sousse, Tunisia; the politics of being a teacher when France controlled Tunisia; the “crise de Bizerte” in 1961 and how it incited Tunisian Jews to emigrate en masse; marrying his wife (née Boccara) in 1962 at the Grande Synagogue of Tunis; moving to France; his thoughts on the history of Jews in Tunisia; remaining close to his Tunisian Jewish friends; and his two children.
    Interviewee
    Georges Cohen
    Interviewer
    Peggy Frankston
    Date
    interview:  2014 July 11

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Extent
    2 digital files : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Cohen, Georges, 1932-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Georges Cohen on July 11, 2014 in Vincennes, France.
    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 08:04:43
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