Eva Tichauer Explained

Eva Tichauer
Birth Date:26 January 1918
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Death Place:Argenteuil, France
Nationality:German
Occupation:Doctor

Eva Tichauer (26 January 1918 – 19 December 2018) was a German Jewish doctor and Holocaust survivor.

Biography

Eva Tichauer was born on 26 January 1918 in Berlin.[1] [2] She was the daughter of Theodore Tichauer and Erna Tichauer.Theodore Tichauer was a lawyer. In July 1933, the Tichauer family took refuge from the Nazi Germans in France.[3] The Popular Front (1936–1938) is in power in France. The family became naturalized in 1937. When Philippe Pétain took office, they were stripped of their French nationality.[4]

Deportation

Theodore Tichauer was arrested in December 1941. He was deported to Auschwitz.Eva Tichauer was 24 years old when she was arrested with her mother Erna in the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, in July 1942.[5] They were interned in Drancy and subsequently deported to Auschwitz.Tichauer survived the Shoah.

In January 1945, Tichauer was part of the death march to Ravensbrück. The guards abandoned the prisoners with the advance of the Russian troops, and the Russians liberated them on 23 April 1945.[6]

Return to France

Eva Tichauer was released by the Red Army and repatriated by the Americans. She returned to Paris on 18 May 1945.[7]

Medical Doctor

Before being deported, Eva Tichauer began her medical studies in 1937.[8] On her return from deportation, she was alone, homeless and penniless. She managed to finish her medical studies. She joined the Ministry of National Education and became head of the departments of Manche and Gironde.

Argenteuil

In the 1970s, she moved to Argenteuil. She ended her career as head of the health office, after living in Nanterre.She was the Honorary Chief Inspector of Health 12.[9] [10] [11]

Policy

Tichauer was a member of the French Communist Party from her freedom from the Nazis until 1995.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Portrait d'Eva Tichauer. Musée de la Resistance.
  2. Web site: Oral history interview with Eva Tichauer. 1993. United States Memorial Holocaust Museum.
  3. Web site: J'étais le numéro 20832 à Auschwitz. 1 June 1992. Editions L'Harmittan. French.
  4. Web site: Eva Tichauer ? Une rayonnante femme de l'ombre. Rescapée des camps d'extermination nazis, elle n'a cessé de raconter l'horreur. Sobrement. À l'image de ses engagements, notamment politiques.. Portraits d'Argenteuillais. French. 2018-12-29. 2018-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429093228/http://www.argenteuil.fr/portrait/112/28-eva-tichauer.htm. dead.
  5. Web site: Les 13.000 martyrs du Vél'd'Hiv. 9 June 1993. L'Humanité. French.
  6. Web site: 7.2.3. Les gazages à Birkenau. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140031/http://www.encyclopedie.bseditions.fr/article.php?pArticleId=23&pChapitreId=37353&pSousChapitreId=37362. dead. Encyclopédie. French. 2020-07-23. 2018-05-02.
  7. Book: Grâce à mes yeux bleus, j'ai survécu: Récit. 2017. Les Impliqués. 978-2343121734. French. Tichauer. Eva. Les Impliqués éditeur .
  8. Web site: Department of French and Italian, Northwestern University. Rotschild: Escapes And Resistance, p. 1. Northwestern University. 2018-12-29. 2016-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313113817/http://picpus.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mbin/WebObjects/Picpus.woa/wa/displayDigitalObject?id=10032. dead.
  9. News: Un site Internet fait le lien entre sionistes radicaux et extrême droite. 22 August 2002. Le Monde. French.
  10. Web site: Lettre Ouvre au Crif. 17 September 2002. CAPJPO - EuroPalestine. French. 29 December 2018. 29 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429222239/http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article269&lang=en. dead.
  11. Web site: Procès houleux autour d'un site Internet extrémiste. 1 October 2003. LeParisien. French.

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