Denise
Velmont
Denise Velmont
Denise was born in 1932 in Paris into a family of 4 children. As her mother was suffering from tuberculosis, the public welfare authorities decided to take the three youngest children and send them to foster families in the Pyrénées (southwest of France). This was supposed to be only for a few months, but the declaration of war changed the plan. Denise was then sent to a small village near Orthez. On discovering the tiny house in the middle of nowhere, with its dirt floor and no running water, Denise was shocked, [...+]
My visit to Denise
Extraits
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« I came from Paris after all ... and I discovered this small house with dirt floor. »
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« I got baptized and made my first holy communion immediately. That way, the Germans had no way to claim I was Jewish. »
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« My mother used to tell me : "Why did they burn my Georges instead of you ?" »
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« I never wanted to believe that my brother wouldn't come back. »
Photos
Denise enfant
Denise lors de sa première communion
Georges, le frère aîné de Denise
Elie et Tauba Bursztyn, les parents de Denise
Denise lors de son mariage avec Léon
