▁France ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁Den ise ▁Jacob ▁was ▁a ▁daughter ▁of ▁French ▁Jewish ▁architect ▁And r è ▁Jacob ▁and ▁his ▁wife , ▁Y v onne ▁( Ste in met z ) ▁Jacob , ▁who ▁had ▁given ▁up ▁her ▁chem istry ▁studies ▁to ▁begin ▁her ▁family . ▁The ▁second ▁of ▁four ▁children , ▁she ▁moved ▁with ▁her ▁parents ▁and ▁sister , ▁Made le ine ▁( born ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁and ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁" S now y "), ▁to ▁Nice ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁after ▁her ▁father ▁received ▁a ▁prom ising ▁business ▁offer . ▁Her ▁younger ▁brother , ▁Jean , ▁and ▁sister , ▁Sim one ▁An nie ▁Lil ine , ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁and ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁The ▁family ' s ▁financial ▁situation ▁changed , ▁however , ▁as ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression ▁took ▁hold ▁across ▁France ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁their ▁parents ▁made ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁exchange ▁the ▁family ' s ▁villa ▁for ▁an ▁a partment ▁in ▁Nice . ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁ ▁The ▁Fall ▁of ▁France ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁Gest ap o ▁in ▁Nice ▁on ▁September ▁ 9 ▁and ▁the ▁en act ment ▁that ▁aut umn ▁of ▁the ▁Stat ut ▁des ▁Ju ifs ▁( Stat ute ▁on ▁Jews