Monday, November 20, 2017

Uncle Izak (also known as Isaac) Negri was born in Turkey, in 1905.

He immigrated at a young age to France and settled in La Roche-Sur-Foron.

He married Aunt Fortune Gambash, in La Roche-Sur-Foron. They had two sons: Elie and Morris.




During World War II, they luckily survived the Nazi aggression against Jews thanks to their non-Jewish neighbours who gave shelter.


Year: 1976
From leftMorris Negri, Fortune Negri,
Genevieve Negri, Izak Negri, Jenny Agmon


Uncle Izak passed away in 1990, in Evian-Les-Bains, France. His grave is in the Jewish cemetery of Veyrier (nearby Geneva, Switzerland). Name of the cemetery in French: Cimetière Israélite de Veyrier.




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