Jean
Szwimer
Jean Szwimer
Born in 1932, to a family of Polish musicians, Jean lived in the Marais district of Paris, where his family found work in the clothing industry. Arrested with his mother during the Vél' d'Hiv roundup, Jean remembers the horrific scenes he witnessed as a ten-year-old child. Jean was detained at Beaune-la-Rolande, then Drancy, before being freed thanks to his brother, then employed in a fur company doing business for the Germans. After a brief stay in Paris, he went into hiding on a farm in the Loir-et-Cher region, (central France) before staying in the South with his mother until the end of the war. [...+]
My visit to Jean
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« "You see kid, you should be prouder of your star rather than be impressed by all my medals." »
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« In my mind, the Vel D'Hiv is where we rode our bikes. It was unbelievable. »
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