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1. Painting
2010.502.50 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.502.50
Date:
depiction: 1940 June-1943 September
… and after World War II when he was a prisoner in Gurs internment camp and Langlade forced labor camp and lived in hiding in Paris, France.…
2. Susan Warsinger papers
1995.A.0470.2 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 43
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0470.2
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1949
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… citizens. Israel heard of a French woman who took children across the border to France for a fee. A relative in Paris said that he would take Susi and Joseph…
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 …’s Holocaust experiences as a Jewish child from Bad Kreuznach, Germany who took refuge in France from 1939 until she immigrated to the United States in 1941…
3. 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:
Save Their Stories
… 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…
4. 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…
5. 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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 … concentration camp, and France. The collection includes documents and photographs relating to their imprisonment in Gurs, false identity cards, and postcards sent…
6. Ohringer and Weil families papers
2015.203.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2015.203.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1917-1988
bulk: 1921-1957
undated: 
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Concentration camp inmates--France--Gurs--Correspondence.…
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 …://collections.ushmm.org Concentration camp inmates--France--Gurs--Correspondence. Jewish Refugees--France. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives. Cottbus…
7. Albert Garih testimonies
2011.330.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2011.330.1
Date:
creation: 2011
…Albert Garih and his twin brother were born June 24, 1938, in Paris, France, to Benjamin and Claire (née Alfandari) Garih. Albert’s twin died in…
8. Flora Kahn collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.193.1
Date:
postmark: 1941 January 06
…Consists of one money order sent on January 6, 1941 transmitting seventy dollars to Flora Kahn, listing her address as Camp de Gurs, France.…
9. Drawing of a man by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.85
Date:
1940-1942
Artwork Title:
Male internee on his straw-sack
… she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After…
10. Drawing of a man sitting with two women by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.53
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs – 1940: Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp’s Maintenance Teams
Artwork Title:
Spaniard Visiting in Women’s Barracks
…Gurs (France)…
11. Drawing of multiple people gathered outside by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.52
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs – 1940: Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp’s Maintenance Teams
Artwork Title:
Spanish Refugees Playing Ball
…Gurs (France)…
12. Drawing of three men around a table by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.51
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs – 1940: Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp’s Maintenance Teams
Artwork Title:
The Spanish Canteen II
…Gurs (France)…
13. Drawing of five women in front of barracks by a German Jewish internee
1988.1.70 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.70
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs – 1940
Artwork Title:
Group of five women in front of barracks, camp or village of Gurs
…Gurs (France)…
14. Drawing of a woman sleeping against bundles by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.66
Date:
creation: 1940 June 02-1940 June 04
Series Title:
In the Cattle-Car during Transport to Camp de Gurs June 2/4, 1940
Artwork Title:
Woman with her Bundles, Dozing
… - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy, France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940…
15. Drawing of five women doing laundry by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.63
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs - 1940
Artwork Title:
Women Doing Their Laundry
…Gurs (France)…
16. Drawing of five women inside the barracks by a German Jewish internee
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.62
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs - 1940
Artwork Title:
Barracks Interior with Bread & Two Bottles (Version II)
…Gurs (France)…
17. Drawing of a seated woman by a German Jewish internee
1988.1.60 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.60
Date:
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Camp “Les Milles” – Collection Center for the Death Camps - 1942
Artwork Title:
Young Girl Sitting
… transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy, France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation…
18. Drawing of men sawing wood outdoors by a German Jewish internee
1988.1.48 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.1.48
Date:
creation: 1940
Series Title:
Camp de Gurs – 1940: Spanish Refugees Manning the Camp’s Maintenance Teams
Artwork Title:
Spanish Maintenance Detail at Work
…Gurs (France)…
19. Donoff family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1988.77.108
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1964
…The Donoff family of Paris included two sisters and five brothers who were all member of the Eclaireurs Israélites de France and its clandestine…
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 … Indexing terms Gurs (Concentration camp) Jews‐‐France‐‐Paris. Jews‐‐France‐‐Lyon. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐France. France‐‐History‐‐German…
20. Kurt Rosenthal papers
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0254
Date:
creation: 1940 January-1941 April
…Kurt Rosenthal worked as a banker in Berlin, Germany. In 1933, he left Berlin and moved to France. Rosenthal was interned in Les Milles and Gurs…