Oral history interview with Sylvain S. Smadja

Identifier
irn75068
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.309
  • RG-50.030.0727
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn75068

Extent and Medium

1 digital file, WAV

Creator(s)

  • Peggy Frankston

Biographical History

Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Sylvain S. Smadja on December 9, 2013 in Paris, France.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Sylvain S. Smadja
  • Leclerc, Philippe, 1902-1947.
  • Smadja, Sylvain S., 1921-
  • Peggy Frankston

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. French Armored Division, 2nd
  • France. Army. 2nd Armored Division
  • Free French Forces

Subjects

  • Sports tournaments--Algeria--Algiers.
  • Tunis (Tunisia)
  • Forced labor.
  • Paris (France)
  • Paramilitary forces.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Ammer Lake (Germany)
  • ʻAyn ad Darāhim (Tunisia)
  • Normandy (France)
  • Sabratha (Extinct city)
  • Jewish soldiers--Tunisia.
  • Hesse (Germany)
  • Jewish athletes.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Desertions--Tunisia.
  • Swimmers.
  • Epidemics--Tunisia.
  • France--Emigration and immigration.
  • Marseille (France)
  • Montereau-faut-Yonne (France)
  • Tripolitania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Africa, North.
  • Diessen am Ammersee (Germany)
  • Military training camps--Libya.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Tunisia--Personal narratives.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Temara (Morocco)
  • Avranches (France)
  • Typhus fever.
  • France.
  • Tunisia--History--French occupation, 1881-1956.
  • Jews--Tunisia--Tunis.
  • Bizerte (Tunisia)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Berchtesgaden (Germany)
  • Algiers (Algeria)
  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
  • Qayrawān (Tunisia)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • Epidemics--Africa, North--History--20th century.
  • Concentration camp escapes.
  • Soldiers--Billeting.
  • Antisemitism in sports.

Genre

  • Oral History
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