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1. 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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2. Simon Jeruchim papers
2001.328.41 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2001.328.41
Date:
inclusive: 1930-circa 2011
bulk: 1930-1956
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…Simon Jeruchim was born on December 25, 1929, in Paris, France, to Samuel and Alice Szpiro Jeruchim. Samuel was born on December 24, 1898, in Ostrow…
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 … gare de Lyon"; and his 58-page typed memoir with computer illustrations entitled “Hidden: The Jeruchim Family Saga in France and Under the Nazi…
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3. Lakhovitzky family collection
2012.416.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2012.416.1
Date:
inclusive: 1902-1995
bulk: 1902-1942
… Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 June 1927, and immigrated to France the following year, arriving in Strasbourg in October 1928, where Natan found employment in a hat…
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 … (bulk, 1902-1942) Accession number: 2012.416.1 Creator: Lakhovitzky family (Strasbourg; France) Extent: 4 folders, 1 oversize folder Repository: United…
4. de Boton family papers
2013.103.1 Oversize Folder 1 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 2013.103.1
Date:
inclusive: 1904-2012
bulk: 1932-1947
… 1918. Yves studied medicine in Montpellier and Paris, France, eventually earning his degree. He also became a French citizen in 1931. The same year, he…
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 …: 2013.103.1 Creator: de Boton family (Paris :France) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box; 2 oversize folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial…
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5. Huguette Frank papers
2016.349.1 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.349.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1997
bulk: 1945-1962
…Huguette Frank (née Salomon, 1925-2016) was born on 30 October 1925 in Paris, France to Annette (née Aron) and Jacques (d. 1940) Salomon. She had two…
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 …, correspondence, and photographs that document the wartime experiences of Huguette Salomon Frank of Paris, France in Marseille, France; Drancy transit camp…
6. Nicole Denier Long papers
2018.128.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2018.128.1
Date:
inclusive: 1918-circa 2000
bulk: 1918-1948
… aided by her cousin Lily Cicurel, who was married to the French politician Pierre Mendes-France. Nicole’s family was completely secular, and her paternal…
7. Liliane S. Dockett papers
1999.A.0088.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0088.1
Date:
inclusive: 1926-1998
bulk: 1942
… month before the German invasion of France. Her maternal grandfather, David Hammer, was a furrier whose ability to supply the German army with vests…
8. George Rothman papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.592.2
Date:
inclusive: 1912-circa 2018
bulk: 1939-1948
…George Rothman was born Georges Bardenstein on 1 September 1933 in Strasbourg, France to Emmanuel and Esfira Bardenstein. His father Emmanuel…
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 … Bardenstein) and his parents Emmanuel and Esfira Bardenstein in Bordeaux and Paris, France, including Emmanuel’s enlistment in the French Army, George…
9. 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…
10. Peter Feigl papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.59
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1994
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… mother left for France with Agnes’ stepmother, Flora Bornstein. They were briefly interned at Gurs, tried to escape to Spain, and ended up at Auch (Gers…
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 … deportations of Jews from France at Drancy, and the work of American Friends Service Committee with Jewish refugees in France. Languages: French, English…
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11. Margot Schwarzschild Wicki papers
2006.464.1 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 2006.464.1
Date:
inclusive: 1941-2003
… grandmother, Settchen Schwarzschild, was sent to Gurs internment camp in France. The family was separated, as men were housed apart from the women and children…
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 …, the family was deported, and sent to Gurs internment camp in France. Richard was separated to a different section of the camp, where he led a youth…
12. Charles Weingarten papers
2002.420.26 Box 10 Folder 6 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2002.420.26
Date:
inclusive: circa 1898-2009
…Charles Albert Weingarten was born on January 13, 1941, in Nice, France, to Margarethe Weingarten, an actress, and Rudolf Gelb. Margarethe was born…
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 … false identity in Nice, France, during World War II, their postwar lives, and Weingarten’s unsuccessful efforts to obtain compensation for Holocaust-era…
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13. Elizabeth Koenig papers
1989.260.3 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 1989.260.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1927-1995
bulk: 1939-1942
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… intellectual caught in Vichy France, and helped secure visas for his family. The family was reunited in Lyon, traveled to Portugal in December 1941 via…
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 …; Elizabeth’s diary describing her life in France from February to July 1940; a 1939 map of the Hautes-Pyrénées; photographs of Elizabeth, her brother, and the…
14. Ratafia family papers
2005.198.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2005.198.1
Date:
inclusive: 1871-2011
bulk: circa 1930-1964
… Paris, France around 1956, and their children George and Helene spent some time in an orphanage. In 1953, an acquaintance of Tema's told her that she had…
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 … primarily relate to the post-war experiences of Tema, Lazarz, George, and Helene Ratafia in Poland and France. The collection includes biographical papers…
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15. Lob family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2021.168.1
Date:
inclusive: 1905-2015
bulk: 1939-1954
…Marcel Pierre Lob (1902-1990) was born on 12 May 1902 in Paris, France to Gaston and Lucie Levy Lob (1872-1944). He had two siblings: Mathieu (b…
16. Walter Kamlet papers
2014.332.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 255
Document | Accession Number: 2014.332.1
Date:
inclusive: 1928-2007
bulk: 1940-1956
… were placed in a children’s home. In May 1940, the children's home was evacuated to France, ending up at Château de la Hille, near the Spanish border…
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 … Holocaust in hiding while Walter and Manfred were placed in a children’s home. In May 1940, the children's home was evacuated to France, ending up at Château…
17. Olga Klein Astrachan papers
1996.A.0215.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0215.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-1998
… narratives documenting Russian-born Olga Klein Astrachan and her family’s survival in France during the Holocaust. The papers also include postcards from her…
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 … France during the Holocaust. The papers also include postcards from her husband’s relatives confined to the Otwock ghetto and printed materials…
18. Goldlust family papers
2002.471.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2002.471.2
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1997
bulk: 1939-1947
… Refugees but was living in London by 1941. In 1940 Manja, Leo, and Paula were deported to the Gurs internment camp in Southern France. In the spring of 1941…
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 … France, correspondence from the camps with Manja’s husband Bernhard Goldlust in England, and Bernhard’s attempts to help them immigrate to England…
19. Rev. Stanley Dabrowski papers
1995.A.1132 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1132
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1995
…Paris (France).…
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 … regarding the Holocaust and Dachau once he arrived in the United States. Included in this collection is Rev. Dabrowski’s Polish passport issued in France in…
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20. Kurt and Hennie Reiner papers
2018.299.1 Box 1 Folder 13 Image 12
Document | Accession Number: 2018.299.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1996
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… for two months, so they planned to escape to France. They were aided by a Jewish store owner, Ettore Bassi, who smuggled other Jews across the border…
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 … and Marseille, France; Kurt’s internment at Les Milles; and their immigration to the United States in 1940. Languages: German, English, Italian…