"A French Tunisian Communist Jew" Oral testimony of Elie-Lucien Uzan

Identifier
irn532670
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.476.3
  • RG-50.904.0003
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn532670

Extent and Medium

1 digital file, MPEG-4

Creator(s)

  • Pleskoff, Isabelle

Biographical History

Isabelle Pleskoff, head librarian at the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme (Mahj), donated video recordings of Holocaust presentations and interviews produced by the Mahj to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2015. The interview was conducted on December 8, 2013 and the original French title is "Un juif tunisien français communiste avec Elie-Lucien Uzan."

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme

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

People

  • Uzan, Elie Lucien
  • Pleskoff, Isabelle
  • Uzan, Elie Lucien, 1924-
  • Pleskoff, Isabelle

Corporate Bodies

  • France. Armée. Françaises libres.
  • Hizb al-Shuyū'ī al-Tūnisī.

Subjects

  • Germany--Armed Forces--Tunisia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Tunisia.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Tunisia--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Tunisia.
  • Forced labor.
  • Concentration camp escapes.
  • Communists--Tunisia.
  • Qayrawān (Tunisia)
  • Holocaust survivors--France.
  • France--Emigration and immigration.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Tunisia--History--French occupation, 1881-1956.
  • Jews--Tunisia--Tunis.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Tunisia--Qayrawān.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Tunisia.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.
  • Tunis (Tunisia)

Genre

  • Oral History
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