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. Germaine Poliakov-Rousso: une vie engagée (2012).
  2. Comité Français pour Yad Vashem (in fr) (18 October 1999). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (in fr). Hôtel de Saint-Aignan (5 December 2015). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. Germaine POLIAKOV née ROUSSO - Avis de décès - Simplifia (in fr-FR). www.simplifia.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2020.