Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Terry Lee Howard
Publication Date
12-5-2018
Date
2018-05-22
Abstract
In this interview, Simone D’Addario, born in Poitiers, France, in 1937, shares her experiences of growing up in Nazi-occupied France. D’addario outlines aspects of everyday life under Nazi occupation, while also highlighting the often-harsh realities endured by the people of Poitiers during World War II. For instance, D’Addario recounts her father’s involvement in the French resistance, public killings of children by the SS, and several bombings in her town, one of which destroyed her family’s home and left them roaming the French countryside. D’Addario also recalls some of her uncle’s memories of being involuntarily held by the Germans, and later the Russians, as a farm laborer. The interview closes with conversations about D’Addario’s post-war life in America, her relationships with family, and her love of sports, particularly soccer.
Keywords
Nazi Holocaust, World War II biographies, Holocaust in history and memory, Holocaust survivors--Florida, Holocaust survivors--Interviews, Genocide, Crimes against humanity
Extent
04:26:50; 135 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Poitiers (France); Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole (France)
Language
English
Digital Date
2022
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
F60-00057
Recommended Citation
DAddario, Simone, "Simone Andree D'Addario Oral History Interview" (2018). Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/holocaust_OH/5
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