Overview
- Description
- Consists of pre-war and post-war (1930's-1950's) documents, photographs, a photograph album, and correspondence pertaining to Henri Moskow and his family. The collection includes pre-war family photographs, documents, and correspondence attesting to his resistance activities in France.
- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1950
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Janine Storch
- Collection Creator
- Henri Moskow
- Biography
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Henri Moskow was born in Paris, France on April 13, 1915. He was drafted into the French Air Force during World War II. Henri was captured and held by the Germans from 1939-1940 in Germany, but escaped and fled back to France. He joined the underground Jewish Resistance Movement and flew Jewish orphans out of occupied France territory. In May 1943, Henri was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Drancy internment camp. On July 31, 1943 Henri was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where he later perished.
Physical Details
- Extent
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6 folders
1 oversize box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Moskow, Henri.
- Corporate Name
- Drancy (Internament camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Janine Storch (born Tchoudnovsky) donated her cousin's collection (Henri Moskow) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Janine's mother, Pauline (born Goldman) Tchoudnovsky and Henri's father, Leon Moskow were brother and sister.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-30 10:26:55
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47243
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