Simone Zuckermann died on June 10, at the age of Georgette Zuckermann died in at nearly 94, too late for us to meet her. As for Georgette, she left us no account of her life: to write her voice, we therefore had to cross-check all the information we had about her and hope to get as close to her as possible. Their father arrived in France before the First World War, in which he took part by volunteering for the 2nd Foreign Regiment. A corporal, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre Nevakh Zuckermann was granted French nationality by the decree of November 14, This first child died in in Bitche Moselle , at the age of 22, while he was serving in the army.
It is not certain that the sisters ever met him, or even knew of his existence. She too was born in Russia in , or According to the documents, she appears as either Russian or Polish.
Map of area of residence from the Jewish Encyclopedia, , vol. Gennevilliers census register, On these documents, Fania does not appear as Russian, but as Polish. Simone: All those buildings built on the fieldsβ¦ We moved into this complex of small gray pavilions, lost in the middle of the countryside, in the style of the time, with their concrete and stone walls, their slate roofs in a triangle. It was a symbol of middle-class success at the time. A street in the same district of Gennevilliers when Georgette and Simone lived there β you can see that the houses were very new then.
Source : www. Simone: It was a village that had become an industrial zone, I know. But there were still farms, growing cabbage, lettuce and carrots. Georgette: I remember, the farms still had a stable for one or two horses, and a shed for farm equipment and carts. Simone: And in springtime, remember the rows of frames and glass bells that served as targets for the neighborhood boys.
The game was well worth the candle, and we never really got scolded. And then, do you still remember those big concrete paths we used to run along with our friends?
