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Arditti family photographs

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    Description
    The Arditti family photographs consist of 62 family photographs mounted on photograph album pages. The images depict members of the Arditti family, a Turkish Jewish family from Smyrna, who emigrated from Turkey to France in 1920. Identified family members include Jacques Arditti, his parents, his brother and sister, his sister’s son, Jean-Pierre Franck, and his wife, Jacqueline Guiard. Photographs also depict Leon and Nelly Jaffe and their children, Albert and Liliane, who were relatives on Jacques’ mother’s side. Most of the photographs were taken in France, in Joinville-le-Pont, Deauville, Nice, Coye-la-Forêt, and Paris, but there is at least one photograph of Jacques Arditti in Smyrna and one photograph of Leon Jaffe in Shanghai.
    Date
    inclusive:  circa 1911-1955
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Philippe Arditti
    Collection Creator
    Arditti family
    Biography
    Jacques Arditti (1911-1981) was born in Smyrna, Turkey (now İzmir, Turkey) to a prosperous Jewish banker and his wife whose names are unknown. His sister Rebecca ("Betty") was born circa 1915. After World War I and the founding of the modern Turkish state, the Arditti family moved to France and sought asylum in Bayonne. They moved to Joinville-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris, where Jacques’ brother Edouard was born December 14, 1922. In the 1930s, Jacques started his own business selling packaging for various products. Betty married decorator and artist Jacques Franck and had a son, Jean-Pierre. On December 12, 1941, Mr. Arditti and Edouard were arrested at home, imprisoned for one night at the École Militaire, and then sent to the camp at Compiègne-Royallieu, east of Paris. Mr. Arditti became ill in the poor living conditions, was released, and died at home shortly thereafter. Edouard was deported to Auschwitz on March 27, 1942 and was killed. Betty's family took refuge in Nice, and her brother Jacques joined them (it is unclear whether Mrs. Arditti joined them as well). A letter of commendation from Roger Bordet seems to indicate that Jacques joined the resistance network on the Riviera. After the war, Jacques met Jacqueline Guiard, a Catholic woman from an anti-Semitic family who disapproved of him. Jacques converted to Catholicism and married Jacqueline in 1949. Their son, Philippe, was born in 1950, baptized, and raised as a Catholic.

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Genre/Form
    Photographs.
    Extent
    1 folder
    System of Arrangement
    The Arditti family photographs are arranged as a single series.

    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 these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Philippe Arditti donated the Arditti family photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
    Record last modified:
    2023-02-24 13:43:45
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