Germaine Poliakov Explained

Germaine Poliakov
Birth Name:	Germaine Rousso
Birth Date:	15 December 1918
Birth Place:	Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:	Massy, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Music instructor

Germaine Poliakov (15 December 1918 — 19 February 2020) was an Ottoman-born French music teacher and Holocaust survivor.

Biography

Poliakov was born Germaine Rousso in 1918 in present-day Istanbul, but emigrated to France with her parents at the age of two.^[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] She gave birth to three children in 1942, 1943, and 1944.^{[4] [5]}

After the war, Germaine married the historian Léon Poliakov in 1947, with whom she bore a son in 1960. She founded the Chorale Accord in Massy in 1960.^[6] Léon died in 1997.^{[7] [8]}

Poliakov died on 19 February 2020 at the age of 101.^[9]

Works

• Initiation à la lecture mélodique : une nouvelle approche du solfège (1979)
• Psaume 92 (v. 13-16) : liturgie hébraïque [pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes'' (1979)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edacj.musicanet.org/product_info.php?products_id=1956|title=PSAUME 92 (v. 13-16)|work=Éditions À Coeur Joie|language=French|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804173815/http://edacj.musicanet.org/product_info.php?products_id=1956|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39744883b.public|title=Psaume 92 (v. 13-16)|date=1979|work=BnF Catalogue général|language=French}}</ref> *''Chanter d'abord : solfège, initiation débutants : livre du maître'' (1984)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jean-michel.bardez.fr/livres_articles/chanterdabord.htm|title=Chanter d'abord|work=Jean-Michel Bardez|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb395942941.public|title= Chanter d'abord [Musique imprimée] : solfège : initiation débutants : livre du maître / Germaine Poliakov|date=1984|work=BnF Catalogue général|language=French}}
• Chanter d'abord : solfège, initiation débutants : livre de l'élève (1984)^[10]

Honors

• Knight of the Legion of Honour (2012)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Book: Markman, Eliel. 2012. Germaine Poliakov-Rousso: une vie engagée.
2. Web site: Comité Français pour Yad Vashem. 18 October 1999. French. 25 February 2020. 4 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053410/https://yadvashem-france.org/les-justes-parmi-les-nations/les-justes-de-france/dossier-8273/. dead.
3. Web site: Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme. 5 December 2015. Hôtel de Saint-Aignan. French. 25 February 2020. 4 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804175707/https://www.mahj.org/sites/mahj.org/files/atoms/files/ra_2015.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Juliette Lévy née Kahn. Les Amis de la Fondation de la Résistance. French.
5. Web site: Discours au Mémorial. 1 February 2006. Cairn.info. French.
6. Web site: La Chorale Massy. Chorale Accord Massy. French.
7. Web site: Rencontre / Hommage à Léon Poliakov (1910-1997). 24 March 2016. Le Parisien. French.
8. Web site: Libre opinion. 18 December 1997. La Croix. French.
9. Web site: Germaine POLIAKOV née ROUSSO - Avis de décès - Simplifia . www.simplifia.fr . 27 February 2020 . fr-FR.
10. Web site: Chanter d'abord [Musique imprimée] : solfège : initiation débutant : livre de l'élève / Germaine Poliakov]. 1984. BnF Catalogue général. French.
11. Web site: Décret du 14 novembre 2012 portant promotion et nomination. 14 November 2012. Legifrance.gouv.fr. French.