us-005578-irn597077
scope and content: The Nicole Denier Long papers include a family book, divorce papers, marriage permissions, a personal narrative, and photographs documenting the family of Nicole Denier Long in Paris before, during, and after the Holocaust and her marriage to American serviceman John Vanderford Long. Nicole’s photocopied seven-page personal narrative remembering her brother describes their childhood and their survival in France during World War II. The photographs depict Nicole in France and Switzerland, her husband’s return trip to France, and their marriage.
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conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Ms. Sylvia Long
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biographical history: Nicole Jeanne Celina Denier (1921-2013) was born in Paris to Pierre Celestin Louis Denier (b. 1891, Paris) and Eve Marcelle Molina (b. 1893, Marseille). Marcelle was descended from a well-known Jewish family who came to Avignon in the 11th century from Portugal and Spain under the Pope’s protection and settled in the village of Crémieux. Pierre, who was Catholic, met Marcelle during WWI, when she was working as a nurse. Their son Michel was born in 1919, and Nicole was born in 1921. When Nicole was only three months old, Pierre deserted the family and went to Argentina to work as a scientist. Though Nicole never heard from her father again, her paternal grandparents helped Marcelle and the children even during the war. Marcelle was also aided by her cousin Lily Cicurel, who was married to the French politician Pierre Mendes-France. Nicole’s family was completely secular, and her paternal grandparents who had been raised Christian, but were non-believers. Nicole only learned that her mother was Jewish in 1941, when the Nazis began registering Jews. A few days before the German occupation, Marcelle asked Nicole to evacuate south for safety. Nicole stayed in Limoges for a month or two before returning to Paris to be with her mother. Nicole was studying ancient Greek at her high school on a scholarship, and her brother was studying medicine. When she was 21, Nicole went to study at the École Normale Supérieure. The chaplain there understood how dangerous it was to be Jewish at that time, and he obtained a baptismal certificate for Nicole that later saved both her and her mother’s lives. By 1942, Marcelle was required to register as a Jew and wear a yellow star. Nicole’s brother married a Catholic woman, was not under suspicion of being Jewish, and checked in daily with his sister and mother to make sure they were OK. Marcelle lost her job in the government, began working for U.G.I.F. (Union Générale Des Israélites de France/Union of French Jews), and was able to learn t…
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archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
title: Nicole Denier Long papers
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1948-12-31
has or had some members with language: fra
record resource extent: folders oversize folder 3 1
date: 1918-circa 2000
record resource structure: The Nicole Denier Long papers are arranged as three folders and one oversize folder: 1. Biographical materials, 1918-1948, 2."Michel Denier: Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse et plus.." approximately 2000, 3. Photographs, 1942-1946, OS 1. Map of Paris, undated
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