Germaine Poliakov

Germaine Poliakov (15 December 1918 — 19 February 2020) was an Ottoman-born French music teacher and Holocaust survivor.[1] She went into hiding from the Gestapo in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne,[2] and worked as a teacher for a hidden colony of Jewish children.[3]

Germaine Poliakov
Germaine Poliakov en 1961.jpg
Germain Poliakov in 1961
Born
Germaine Rousso

15 December 1918
Died19 February 2020(2020-02-19) (aged 101)
NationalityFrench
OccupationMusic instructor

Germaine Poliakov died on 19 February 2020 at the age of 101.[4]

References

  1. Markman, Eliel (2012). Germaine Poliakov-Rousso: une vie engagée.
  2. "Comité Français pour Yad Vashem" (in français). 18 October 1999. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. "Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme" (PDF). Hôtel de Saint-Aignan (in français). 5 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Germaine POLIAKOV née ROUSSO - Avis de décès - Simplifia". www.simplifia.fr (in français). Retrieved 27 February 2020.