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You searched for: Subject France. Remove constraint Subject: France. Dates 1939 Remove constraint Dates: 1939 Dates 19th Century Remove constraint Dates: 19th Century Images Collections with Photographs Remove constraint Images: Collections with Photographs Holding Institutions United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Remove constraint Holding Institutions: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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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. 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. 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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4. 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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5. Pető family papers
1989.250.120 Box 1 Folder 16 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1989.250.120
Date:
inclusive: 1855-1977
…Jewish refugees--France--Nice.…
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 …‐‐Hungary‐‐Budapest. Jews‐‐Austria‐‐Vienna. Jewish refugees‐‐France‐‐Nice. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐Personal narratives. Jewish property‐‐Hungary…
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  • Series 4: Photographs Approximate 1900-Approximate 1940
    • File 1: Bogyansky family 1937
      • Pages: 1
6. 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…
7. 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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8. 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…
9. Böhm and Hanau families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.336.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2012
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…), 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…
10. 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…
11. Berg and Hermanns families papers
1989.232.31 front
Document | Accession Number: 1989.232.31
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-1957
… for a Cuban landing certificate for Julius. He sailed on the St. Louis, was returned to Europe, found temporary refuge in France, was arrested as an…
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 … Hilde behind. When the St. Louis was returned to Europe, Julius found temporary refuge in France until he was arrested as an enemy alien at the outbreak…
12. Cizes family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2023.173.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2004
bulk: 1926-1958
… to St. Nazaire, France arriving on June 21, 1939. Leo was taken to Nantes and supported by HIAS, but on September 6th, the French sent him to a prison…
13. Friedberg family papers
2016.540.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 43
Document | Accession Number: 2016.540.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1993
…Paris (France)…
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 … identification papers, military entry permits to Germany, Polish passports, foreigner identification cards from France, American immigration and naturalization…
14. 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…
15. Schönberger family papers
1988.108.192 Book Enclosure 2 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1988.108.192
Date:
inclusive: 1887-1967
… internment camps in France including St. Cyprien, Gurs, and Les Milles. With his family’s help, he immigrated to the United States in October 1942 and changed…
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 … returned to Europe and disembarked in Belgium. He was arrested as an enemy alien in 1940 and sent to internment camps in France including St. Cyprien, Gurs…
16. 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…
17. Adler family papers
2016.458.1 Book Enclosure 8 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2016.458.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880 September-2003
… medicine in Hungary, he began to look for ways to emigrate. He found a position in Paris, France with Dr. Francois Moutier, and moved there in May 1939…
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 … found a position in Paris, France with Dr. Francois Moutier, and moved there in May 1939. Through assistance with his family, he was able to secure an…
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18. 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…
19. 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…
20. Reinhold and Singer families papers
1999.A.0042 Box 2 Folder 13 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0042
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-1999
… 1942. He served with the 277th Field Artillery Battalion and fought in France and Belgium in 1944‐1945, including in the Battle of the Bulge. While in…
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 … in France and Belgium in 1944‐1945, including in the Battle of the Bulge. While in Europe, he was reunited with his parents who had fled to France…