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1. 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…
2. 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
Special Collection:
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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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3. Nathan and Edith Litvin papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.493.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1999
bulk: 1945-1946
…Paris (France)…
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 …. War brides—United States—Biography. Paris (France) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Marseilles (France) CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Photographs, 192‐1946…
4. Mayer and Mané family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.347
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1992
… of Belgium, Heine was deported to St. Cyprien concentration camp in France and then to Camp des Milles and died during the Holocaust. Laura, Selma…
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 … Selma Bella Ruth Lili Gertrude 8/31/1899 2/28/1901 1904 1/5/1909 Argentina Israel France m. m. m. Selma Mayer Julius Strassburger Alfred Kahn (Fenny…
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. 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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7. 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…
8. 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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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. 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…
11. Razdowitz and Lehr families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2023.31.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2001
bulk: 1934-1949
…, and her boyfriend Maurice Rabinowicz (nicknamed Mischa) fled the German invasion of France by car from Châteaubriant to Toulouse via Nantes, Libourne…
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 … Holocaust in France and Switzerland, and immigration to the United States in 1946. The collection primarily consists of biographical materials and photographs…
12. Richard Weilheimer papers
2007.336.1 Box 1 Folder 21 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2007.336.1
Date:
inclusive: 1908-1998
… other extended family members. After a three day train ride, they arrived in Vichy France, where they were met by members of the American Friends Service…
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 … Mannheim, Germany. Documents reflect the families’ prewar lives in Germany, their deportation to the Gurs concentration camp in southern France in 1940…
13. 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…
14. Stripounsky family papers
2016.322.18 Box 2 Folder 2 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 2016.322.18
Date:
inclusive: 1912-2014
Special Collection:
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… family fled to France when Germany invaded Belgium in 1940. They lived in Nîmes and Gratentour and then immigrated to the United States with the help of…
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 … Menachem (Nathan) and Regina Stripounsky and their sons Joseph and Asriel from Nazi- occupied Belgium to France in 1940 and from France to the United States…
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15. Abendstern, Fleischmann, and Meyerhoff families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.494.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2016
…. Cyprien and Gurs. In May 1941 he was transferred to Les Milles. After Elly and Peter learned about his arrest and internment in France, they moved to…
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 … Otto's internment in several camps in southern France, Elly and Peter's survival in France during the war in Graulhet and Font-Romeu, and Adolf…
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16. Fred Vendig papers
1999.A.0089.1 Box 2 Folder 24 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0089.1
Date:
inclusive: 1859-2002
…, worked to resolve this emergency. As a result, Jewish aid organizations convinced four European governments, Belgium, Great Britain, France, and the…
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 …. Ernst Vendig was arrested following the 1940 German invasion and interned in camps in France including St. Cyprien and Gurs. In 1941, Fred, Charlotte…
17. Metz and Oberlaender families papers
2014.478.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 46
Document | Accession Number: 2014.478.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-2015
bulk: 1915-1950
…. In 1914, the family moved to Frankfurt am Main, where Gottfried worked as an accountant. In 1933, they moved to Paris, France. In 1939, Gabrielle…
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 … am Main, where Gottfried worked as an accountant. In 1933, they moved to Paris, France. In 1939, Gabrielle immigrated to the United States to marry…
18. 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…
19. Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection
Document | Accession Number: 2010.180 | RG Number: RG-67.017
Date:
inclusive: 1905-2005
bulk: 
Special Collection:
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…’ early social work in Meadville, PA, and their humanitarian and rescue work in World War II Prague, Czechoslovakia; Marseille and Pau, France; and Lisbon…
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 …, during the Second World War Sharp helped rescue Jews under the German occupation in Czechoslovakia and France. Both were beautiful young wives with high…
20. Böhm and Hanau families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.336.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2012
undated: 
…), Lina Hanau (later Lina Jung, b. 1893), Frieda Hanau (1897-1991), Albert Hanau, and Selma Hanau. Bertha lived in Mulhouse, France from 1937-1948 and later…
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 …), Frieda Hanau (1897-1991), Albert Hanau, and Selma Hanau. Bertha lived in Mulhouse, France from 1937-1948 and later lived in Saarbrücken, Germany. Her…