Oral history interview with Jean Boete

Identifier
irn506489
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.7
  • RG-50.012.0007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506489

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Malka Drucker
  • Gay Block

Biographical History

Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Jean Boete on July 7, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.

Archival History

Gay Block

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Mosse, Alain Raoul, 1920-1944.
  • Gay Block
  • Jean Boete
  • Malka Drucker
  • Boete, Jean, 1921-

Corporate Bodies

  • France. Army

Subjects

  • France--Officials and employees.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Children.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--France.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--France.
  • Catholics, German--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • Paris (France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French.
  • Jews--Persecutions--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France.
  • Chambéry (France)
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Men--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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