Oral history interview with Simone Monnier

Identifier
irn506544
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.61
  • RG-50.012.0061
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506544

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Gay Block
  • Malka Drucker

Biographical History

Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Simone Monnier on July 10, 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

  • Malka Drucker
  • Simone Monnier
  • Monnier, Simone, 1913-2010.
  • Gay Block

Corporate Bodies

  • Institut J.-J. Rousseau (Geneva, Switzerland)

Subjects

  • Jewish children--France--Marseille.
  • Research institutes
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French.
  • Jews--France--Dieulefit.
  • Switzerland.
  • Special education teachers--France--Dieulefit.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Marseille (France)
  • Geneva (Switzerland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
  • Dieulefit (France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
  • Special education schools--France--Dieulefit.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--France.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--War work--France.
  • Protestants.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--France.

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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