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1. John Henry Weidner papers
Document | Accession Number: 2015.619.1 | RG Number: RG-67.063M
Date:
inclusive: 1890-2010
…John Henry Weidner (1912-1994) was born John Hendrik Weidner in Brussels on 22 October 1912, the son of Dutch parents who lived in Belgium and France…
2. Charles Paul Kogel collection
Document | Accession Number: 2019.79.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1985
… France in 1942 to perform forced labor. His wife and daughter were deported in September 1942 or 1943 vie Mechelen and perished. In January 1944 Kogel was…
3. Electric retinoscope used by a Jewish German US Army medic
2003.451.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.451.3
Date:
manufacture: 1893-1945
acquired: after 1932
… unit deployed for Europe on October 6, 1944, and arrived in Marseilles, France, on October 20. In December 1944, Bruno was awarded the Bronze Star for…
4. Henry (Heinz) Wachs family papers
2016.443.1 Box 3 Folder 27 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2016.443.1
Date:
inclusive: 1850-2015
bulk: 1920-1950
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… 1939, when they immigrated to Belgium. Following the German invasion and occupation of Belgium and France in 1940, Isidor was arrested, as was his…
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 …’s internment by the Germans in France, 1940-1941. Languages: English, German, Polish, Yiddish. Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but…
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5. Ernest Hartog family papers
1998.108.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1998.108.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1949
… collection includes correspondence from Camp de Gurs, France and documents from Belgium, France and Germany…
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 …) Jews – Germany – Aachen. Jews, German – France. Concentration camp inmates – France – Gurs – Correspondence. Hidden children (Holocaust) – France…
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6. Selected Documents from the Monastery of the of Notre-Dame de Sion, Paris (Archives of the Fathers and Brothers)
Document | Accession Number: 2020.321.1 | RG Number: RG-43.181
Date:
inclusive: 1811-2006
bulk: 1930-1956
…Catholic Church--France--Paris.…
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 … Church--France--Paris. Priests--France. Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism. Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church. Jews--Conversion to Christianity--France…
7. Francie Alpert papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.274.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1949
…Francie Alpert (1931-2014) was born Fernande Waligora on 13 May 1931 in Paris, France to Szmul and Rose Waligora. Szmul Loeb Waligora (also referred…
8. Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Document | Accession Number: 2004.403 | RG Number: RG-43.057M
Date:
inclusive: 1852-1954
bulk: 1940-1945
…Contains administrative documents relating to the systematic persecution of Jews in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Department of France bordering Alsace…
9. Daisy Herrmann Kummer family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2012.333.1
Date:
inclusive: 1893-1963
bulk: 1930-1948
… France in spring 1939, where she found refuge at the children’s home at the Chateau de la Guette, a mansion owned by Edouard and Germaine de Rothschild…
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 …, Daisy’s years as a refugee in France, and the family’s immigration to the United States. Documents include birth, marriage, residence, baptism…
10. Personal collection of Georges Neu
Document | Accession Number: 2020.3.1 | RG Number: RG-43.175
Date:
inclusive: 1874-1998
bulk: 1923-1943
…Jews--France--History--20th century.…
11. Rothschild - Fränkel family papers
2004.248.1 Box 2 Folder 26 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2004.248.1
Date:
inclusive: 1898-2013
bulk: 1940-1947
… 1934, Mrs. Fränkel and her sons moved to France. It was there that Herbert met Mariette Rothschild, and after marrying and having a son, Edward, they…
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 … by the events of the Holocaust. Includes documents about Yvonne Redgis (Rothschild) and her life in pre-war France, during the occupation of France, as…
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12. Préfecture of Police in Paris records
Document | Accession Number: 2001.84 | RG Number: RG-43.030M
Date:
inclusive: 1852-1962
…; cooperation between French and German police; press censorship; Jewish communities in France; measures against Jews; Drancy, Camp de Saint Denis, and other…
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 … SE RAPPORTANT À L’ENSEMBLE DES SCELLÉS REMIS À LA BANQUE DE FRANCE. 1) Détail d’une fiche nominative de scellé : - nom, prénom, date et lieu de…
13. Charles Roman family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2003.91.2
Date:
inclusive: 1894-circa 1953
bulk: 1940-1949
… 1938, and in November 1938 Leopold left Austria for Belgium. Charles and his mother fled to France in December 1938. They were arrested in Strasbourg…
14. Selected records from the National Resistance Museum, including the Leibovici collection
Document | Accession Number: 2008.99 | RG Number: RG-43.101M
Date:
inclusive: 1887-1983
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--France.…
15. Monique Joseph papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.595.1
Date:
inclusive: 1820-2007
bulk: 1920-1951
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…, France. Monique, her mother, and other family members followed. In spring 1934 German refugees were expelled from Strasbourg. The family decided that…
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 … Jewish school. In April 1933 Sally learned he and his business were to be targeted by local Nazi S.A. men. He fled Cologne for Strasbourg, France. Monique…
16. Malz, Finkelstein, Rosenthal, Schwarz, and Rimalower family papers
1993.A.0005 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0005 | RG Number: RG-10.079
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1947
bulk: 1938-1947
…, especially at Gurs concentration camp in France. Also contains information about attempts at emigration by members of the Malz, Finkelstein, Rosenthal, Schwarz…
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 …, especially at Gurs concentration camp in France. Also contains information about attempts at emigration by members of the Malz, Finkelstein, Rosenthal, Schwarz…
17. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Somme
Document | Accession Number: 2014.102 | RG Number: RG-43.155
Date:
inclusive: 1871-1960
…Source of acquisition is the Archives départementales de la Somme, France. This collection is part of the on-going project in partnership with the…
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 … départementales de la Somme, France. This collection is part of the on‐going project in partnership with the French Shoah Memorial with financial support from the…
18. George Silviu family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.672.1
Date:
inclusive: 1890-1998
… immigrate to France in 1961 with their two daughters, Ioana and Lumiora. George Silviu died in Paris on May 16, 1971.…
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 … puppet-maker and puppeteer, whose career extended from 1938 to 1958 in Romania. The family finally received permission to immigrate to France in 1961 with…
19. Felicia Neufeld papers
2013.534.1 Box 1 Folder 25 Image 18
Document | Accession Number: 2013.534.1
Date:
inclusive: 1894-2010
bulk: 1947-1985
… respectively. In 1937, her father crossed into France illegally, seeking to escape the persecution of Jews in Germany and start a new life there. She was sent…
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 … videocassette recording. The memoir, written in the form of a letter to the daughter of the woman who hid Neufeld in France during the German occupation…
20. Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families papers
2016.500.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.500.1
Date:
inclusive: 1886-2016
bulk: 1938-1945
…, Amalie, and Fritz. Julius and Lilli married on March 15, 1923. In 1935, they moved with their children to Marseilles, France, after obtaining proper…
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 … Hockenheimer family’s experiences seeking refuge in France, working with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and immigrating to the United States via…