{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/4746q1sw1q/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Une Fleur Au Chapeau "]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/005/original/Fortunoff-Logo.png?1549333634","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eHenri G. (HVT-2096) was born in 1925 in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, 77km (48 miles) southwest of Warsaw. At the age of 5 or 6, he moved with his parents to Gdańsk (Danzig).  Then, in 1932, due to constant antisemitic attacks by Hitler Youth, Henri’s father decided to move to Paris, where Henri lived until the war broke out. In his testimony, Henri tells a story of how he and his brother escaped Nazi-occupied Paris:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e …I had food ration cards, the paper for traveling, the Petain insignia,[1] a backpack… I was ready to go. Before leaving I emptied all the drawers of photos, my mother’s little furs, the eiderdown, my father's watch, diploma and military papers, and I made a package with an address in the Free Zone, and my friends sent it to me in the Free Zone where my older brother received it. The same friends, not Jewish, or some half-and-half, from the Platzle, sold the remaining canned food so I could have some bread and money for the trip. My little brother was with me, we went to the Gare d'Austerlitz,[2] and I told him, \"Sing like me. Sing 'Une fleur au chapeau.’” From far away you could see the soldiers separating families with suitcases: … you didn't need to be antisemitic to see that any family looking worried with a lot of suitcases was a group of Jews. We kept singing, looked straight ahead, and got on the train. The Germans were patrolling the train, \"Papers, please.\" I told my little brother, who was 14, “Ok, you sleep, and leave everything to me.” So, when the soldiers demanded the paper, I handed it over smiling, saying \"Back to nature.\" With the Petain insignia, the uniform, the songs, it was clear that I was headed for the work [summer] camp. \"Gut, Gut,\" they replied. We went to Dax,[3] there were supposed to be contacts and people to help us, we didn't have money, and no one helped us. We were still in Occupied Territory there.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith this particular musical arrangement, the Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble not only performs the scout song remembered by the survivor, Henri G., but also attempts to convey the feigned carelessness of the two teenagers running for their lives from occupied Paris.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[1] Marshal Philippe Pétain was Marshal of France and served as Chief of State of Vichy France (1940–44). The Petain insignia depicted a double-headed Francisque Axe, also known as Francisca (Marshal’s baton), sometimes surrounded by the seven stars of Pétain’s title and accompanied by the ribbons with the motto Travail, Patrie, Famille (Labor, Homeland, Family). Pétain’s personal emblem was used as Vichy France’s informal coat of arms.\u003cbr\u003e[2] Gare d’Austerlitz: one of the six large terminus railway stations in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e[3] Dax: a commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southwestern France, 730 km (453 miles) south of Paris, near the Spanish border.\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eHenri G. (HVT-2096) was born in 1925 in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, 77km (48 miles) southwest of Warsaw. At the age of 5 or 6, he moved with his parents to Gdańsk (Danzig).\u0026nbsp; Then, in 1932, due to constant antisemitic attacks by Hitler Youth, Henri\u0026rsquo;s father decided to move to Paris, where Henri lived until the war broke out. In his testimony, Henri tells a story of how he and his brother escaped Nazi-occupied Paris:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026hellip;I had food ration cards, the paper for traveling, the Petain insignia,[1] a backpack\u0026hellip; I was ready to go. Before leaving I emptied all the drawers of photos, my mother\u0026rsquo;s little furs, the eiderdown, my father's watch, diploma and military papers, and I made a package with an address in the Free Zone, and my friends sent it to me in the Free Zone where my older brother received it. The same friends, not Jewish, or some half-and-half, from the Platzle, sold the remaining canned food so I could have some bread and money for the trip. My little brother was with me, we went to the Gare d'Austerlitz,[2] and I told him, \"Sing like me. Sing 'Une fleur au chapeau.\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; From far away you could see the soldiers separating families with suitcases: \u0026hellip; you didn't need to be antisemitic to see that any family looking worried with a lot of suitcases was a group of Jews. We kept singing, looked straight ahead, and got on the train. The Germans were patrolling the train, \"Papers, please.\" I told my little brother, who was 14, \u0026ldquo;Ok, you sleep, and leave everything to me.\u0026rdquo; So, when the soldiers demanded the paper, I handed it over smiling, saying \"Back to nature.\" With the Petain insignia, the uniform, the songs, it was clear that I was headed for the work [summer] camp. \"Gut, Gut,\" they replied. We went to Dax,[3] there were supposed to be contacts and people to help us, we didn't have money, and no one helped us. We were still in Occupied Territory there.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith this particular musical arrangement, the Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble not only performs the scout song remembered by the survivor, Henri G., but also attempts to convey the feigned carelessness of the two teenagers running for their lives from occupied Paris.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e[1] Marshal Philippe P\u0026eacute;tain was Marshal of France and served as Chief of State of Vichy France (1940\u0026ndash;44). The Petain insignia depicted a double-headed Francisque Axe, also known as Francisca (Marshal\u0026rsquo;s baton), sometimes surrounded by the seven stars of P\u0026eacute;tain\u0026rsquo;s title and accompanied by the ribbons with the motto Travail, Patrie, Famille (Labor, Homeland, Family). 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