Identity

[Text: Mariette describes the importance of learning about the history of her own name after the Second World War, and the impact it had on her sense of identity.]  

Mariette Doduck: And I’d asked her [indiscernible], “Who am I? As a Jewish woman, I need to know. What’s my history? Who am I?” And she said to me, “Mariette, do you want to know who you are?” And I said, “Yeah, who am I?” She says, “Your grandfather was Maurice, and that’s why my daughter is Mauricette and you’re Mariette.” So, I found out I’ve [been] named after my grandfather, my mother’s father. At least I have one. But she’s so old, there’s so many names she has forgotten, but at least she said, “You, I knew that you want it because of who you are. You need to know, you’re that type that has to find out.” And I said, “I waited all my life to find out who I am. And that’s only a year ago that I found out who I am.”