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1. Peter Feigl papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.59
Date:
inclusive: circa 1899-2012
Special Collection:
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… Figeac (Lot). In May 1944, the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE) arranged for his escape into Switzerland. He immigrated to the United States in July…
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 …‐Lignon (Haute‐Loire) and Figeac (Lot), his teachers and classmates there, his escape to Switzerland, immigration to the United States, memorials to the…
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2. Unauthorized Salvadoran citizenship certificate issued to Marcel Slodki (b. November 8, 1892 in Lodz) by George Mandel-Mantello, First Secretary of the Salvadoran Consulate in Switzerland and sent to him in the Drancy transit camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 86546
Date:
1944 March 14
… the Salvadoran Consulate in Switzerland and sent to him in the Drancy transit camp.…
3. Simon Fuks collection
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0131 | RG Number: RG-02.147
Date:
1941-1993
…; activities undertaken by the Union gééale des Israéites de France; conditions inside the camps of Drancy and Rivesaltes; and his escape to Switzerland. The…
4. Identification tag with name and birthdate issued to a Jewish refugee child
2008.319.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.319.2
Date:
manufacture: 1944
use: 1944-before 1947 December
…. Although Switzerland had a tradition of wartime neutrality and helping refugees, the threat of a German invasion led them to limit the number of foreigners…
5. Identification tag with name and birthdate issued to a Jewish refugee child
2008.319.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.319.1
Date:
manufacture: 1944
use: 1944-before 1947 December
…. With the help of a priest, they eventually made their way to the Swiss border, and crossed near Geneva on October 11, 1942. Although Switzerland had a…
6. Lucien Dreyfus papers
1994.A.0112 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 38
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0112 | RG Number: RG-10.144
Date:
inclusive: 1903-1944
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  • Series 1: Lucien Dreyfus collection 1903-1944
    • File 5: Diary, (Cahier B) May 8, 1941-June 14, 1942
    • File 7: Diary, (Cahier D) August 24, 1942-November 13, 1942
    • File 8: Diary, (Cahier E?) November 18, 1942-February 15, 1943
      • Pages: 5
    • File 9: Diary, (Cahier F?) February 21, 1943-June 30, 1943
7. Affaires militaires
Document | Accession Number: 2000.251 | RG Number: RG-43.017M
Date:
inclusive: 1943-1947
Alternate Title:
Military Affairs
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
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 …, Sweden, Switzerland, Chechoslovakia). F9/5592 Various: documentation about concentration camp cemeteries and mass graves, Jewish deportations, hostages…
8. Selected records from collection DXXXIII, correspondence sent to Drancy
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0091 | RG Number: RG-43.074M
Date:
inclusive: 1942-1950
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 …. Itten in Switzerland to send him food parcels through the French Red Cross. DXXXIII‐29: Post card written in Polish, dated 19 March 1944, from Chaim…
9. Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection
Document | Accession Number: 2010.180 | RG Number: RG-67.017
Date:
inclusive: 1905-2005
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 … Geneva, Switzerland; when the Germans occupied the remainder of France following the Allied landings in North Africa, the Fields were just a few steps…