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1. Kann family papers
2013.478.1 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2013.478.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1980
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… aliens. They were jailed in the nearby town of Bar-le-Duc and then transferred to Gurs in France. In June, they were given the choice to be repatriated to…
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 …, and photographs relating to Edmond, Friederike, Renée, and Edith Kann’s pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences in Saarbrücken, Germany, Gurs…
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2. 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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 … invaded in May 1940. He was arrested and sent to St. Cyprien and Gurs. In May 1941 he was transferred to Les Milles. After Elly and Peter learned about his…
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3. Kurt Bigler deportation, internment, and escape
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0156 | RG Number: RG-02.098
Date:
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… Mannheim. In 1940 he was deported to the internment camp Gurs; in 1941 to the internment camp Rivesaltes. In October 1941 Bigler escaped to the Château de…
4. Rosa Mayer-Murr collection
1998.A.0208 Box 1 Folder 1 Item 3
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0208
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1944
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…The collection includes one journal written by Rosa Mayer-Murr about her experiences in Gurs, three envelopes addressed to Mr. Alfred Lyon, one…
5. Dear Kurt
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0284 | RG Number: RG-02.195
… France and subsequently within France; the family's internment in the camps of Limoges, Nexon, Gurs, and Drancy; hiding under assumed identities; and the…
6. Hans Steinitz papers
1988.147.3 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1988.147.3
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1945
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… police and imprisoned in Gurs concentration camp after France's surrender to Germany. He was imprisoned in Gurs from October 1940 through the summer of…
7. Looking Back, But Not in Anger
Document | Accession Number: 2015.194.1
Date:
publication/distribution: 2013-2013
Subtitle:
The Story of One who Eluded the Holocaust by the Skin of his Teeth
… May 1940, Herbert was arrested as an enemy alien and taken to St. Cyprien. He was transferred to Gurs in October 1940. In the spring of 1941, he was…
8. Walter and Edith Schiff papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.600.1
Date:
inclusive: 1905-1985
… September 2, 1940 in Nice, but were soon separated from each other. Walter escaped while being transported between camps. Edith was sent to Camp de Gurs in…
9. "As I Recall"
Document | Accession Number: 2015.190.1
Date:
publication/distribution: 2008
… were deported to the Gurs internment camp, and in March 1941, were moved to Rivesaltes. While in the camp, Irma worked with the OSE, assisting with…
10. Klara Süss papers
2007.344.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 22
Document | Accession Number: 2007.344.1
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1947
… David were thrown out of their apartment and deported to Camp de Gurs in France. Erna and Margot sent food packages to their parents and continued to work…