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You searched for: Subject France. Remove constraint Subject: France. Dates 19th Century Remove constraint Dates: 19th Century 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. Daisy Herrmann Kummer family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2012.333.1
Date:
inclusive: 1893-1963
bulk: 1930-1948
… France in spring 1939, where she found refuge at the children’s home at the Chateau de la Guette, a mansion owned by Edouard and Germaine de Rothschild…
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 …, Daisy’s years as a refugee in France, and the family’s immigration to the United States. Documents include birth, marriage, residence, baptism…
4. Francie Alpert papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.274.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1949
…Francie Alpert (1931-2014) was born Fernande Waligora on 13 May 1931 in Paris, France to Szmul and Rose Waligora. Szmul Loeb Waligora (also referred…
5. 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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6. 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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7. Rothschild - Fränkel family papers
2004.248.1 Box 2 Folder 26 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2004.248.1
Date:
inclusive: 1898-2013
bulk: 1940-1947
… 1934, Mrs. Fränkel and her sons moved to France. It was there that Herbert met Mariette Rothschild, and after marrying and having a son, Edward, they…
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 … by the events of the Holocaust. Includes documents about Yvonne Redgis (Rothschild) and her life in pre-war France, during the occupation of France, as…
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8. 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…
9. 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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10. 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…
11. 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…
12. 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…
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. Levy family papers
2015.415.1 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2015.415.1
Date:
inclusive: 1887-1981
bulk: 1924-1969
… later that year to flee the growing Nazi presence. That same year, Marlyse began attending school in Thionville, France. After Luxembourg was occupied by…
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 … to flee the growing Nazi presence. That same year, Marlyse began attending school in Thionville, France. After Luxembourg was occupied by Germany in…
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15. 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
16. 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…
17. Ney and Grundmann families papers
2017.247.1 Box 1 Folder 25 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2017.247.1
Date:
inclusive: 1867-2010
bulk: 1910-1950
… World War I, and at the end of the war, when Alsace-Lorraine was ceded to France, the family returned to Augsburg and lived there a number of years before…
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 … at the end of the war, when Alsace-Lorraine was ceded to France, the family returned to Augsburg and lived there a number of years before relocating to…
18. 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…
19. 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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20. 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…