Josette Molland

Josette Molland, artist, French Resistance member, and Holocaust survivor (died 2019)

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Born: May 14, 1923
Age in 2026: 103
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1923

About Josette Molland

Josette Molland, also known as Josette Molland-Ilinsky, was a painter and member of the French Resistance in World War II. Through a connection with a Dutch student, she joined a Resistance group known as the Dutch-Paris network, which was founded by Dutch diplomat Herman Laatsman and France-based industrialist Johan Weidner. In the 1980s, she created a series of 15 paintings depicting her life and the lives of other women she met in the Nazi concentration camps, and she presented these artworks to students during her talks.

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The world when Josette Molland was born

Josette Molland was born in 1923. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1923

#1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
Defining fadDance marathons
Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Josette Molland's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1923	2026
Gas	$0.22	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,700	$435,000
Average income	$3,380	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	111.9M	341 million

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