Oral history interview with Mario Bensasson
Extent and Medium
1 digital file, MP3
Creator(s)
- Peggy Frankston
Biographical History
Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Mario Bensasson on April 10, 2009 in Paris, France. This interview is part of a series of USHMM-produced interviews about Jewish life in countries in North Africa during the Holocaust.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Per the interviewee's request, a segment near the end of his interview, not relevant to his Holocaust experiences, was excised from the user copy. The interviewee requests that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum restricts public access to the master copy of his interview until ten years after the date of the interview.
People
- Peggy Frankston
- Mario Bensasson
- Bensasson, Mario.
Subjects
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Tunisia.
- Tunisia--History--French occupation, 1881-1956.
- Jews, Italian--Tunisia--Tunis.
- Antisemitism--Tunisia--Tunis.
- Prisoner-of-war camps--Tunisia.
- France--Emigration and immigration.
- Bombing, Aerial--Tunisia--Tunis.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Tunisia--Personal narratives.
- Tunis (Tunisia)
- World War, 1939-1945--Tunisia--Tunis.
- Al Marsá (Tunisia)
- Men--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Oral History
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