Georges Hirsch
Georges Hirsch (22 February 1895 – 12 May 1974)[1] was a French theatre director, a member of the French Resistance, and municipal councillor of Paris.
He was a director of the Paris Opera from 1946 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1959. Married to the singer Madeleine Mathieu, he is the father of Professor Jean-François Hirsch, creator of the first paediatric neurosurgery department at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital and of Georges-François Hirsch, also director of several Parisian theatres.
Life[]
Hirsch was born in the 19th arrondissement of Paris in 1895[2] A member of the SFIO, he was appointed municipal councillor of Paris and general councillor of the former Seine department from 1933 to 1940. At the , Hirsch must face anti-Semitism from Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, who does not hesitate to come to blows:
Over and over again, Darquier opposes within the Council itself with his Jewish colleagues on the definition of what is being "French". Reactionary tradition versus Republican tradition. [3]
, Georges Hirsch, Raphaël Schneid, all three have at one time or another claimed that they were "more French" than him. At the end of the session [of June 4, 1936], he [Darquier de Pellepoix] waited in the Council's changing rooms for the "dirty little Jew" in question, Georges Hirsch, and committed an attack on him that quickly turned into a brawl between colleagues.
Re-elected from 1944 to 1945, then from 1959 to 1965, he was appointed head of the International singing competition of Toulouse on 2 occasions.
from 1946 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1959. In this capacity, he chaired the jury of theHirsh died in the 16th arrondissement of Paris in 1974 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (89th division).
References[]
- ^ Birth certificate number 572 of February 24, 1895 with marginal mention of death, online on the website.
- ^ Paul Morelle, « Georges Hirsch (1895-1974) », Encyclopeœdia Universalis, accessdate 29 November 2018.
- ^ Laurent Joly, « Darquier de Pellepoix, “champion” des Antisémites Français (1936-1939) » on memorialdelashoah.org.
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- 1895 births
- Councillors of Paris
- 1974 deaths
- French Resistance members
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Recipients of the Resistance Medal
- Antisemitism in France
- Directors of the Paris Opera
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery