Wooden pen made for the son of a transit camp inmate by another inmate
- Date
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creation:
before 1942 June
received: approximately 1942 June
- Geography
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creation:
Pithiviers (Concentration camp);
Pithiviers (France)
received: Pithiviers (Concentration camp); Pithiviers (France)
- Language
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French
- Classification
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Office Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Writing materials
- Object Type
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Fountain pens (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Flaum Banet
Wooden quill shaped fountain pen given to Georges Flaum by his father, Charles, for his 12th birthday in 1942. It was made by another Jewish inmate, Isaac Schoenberg, at the internment camp in France where Charles was being held. The nib is a modern accessory. Georges lived with his parents, Charles and Therese, in Paris. In May 1940, France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The June armistice placed Paris under a German military administration which enacted anti-Jewish policies. On May 14, 1941, Charles was sent to Pithiviers internment camp. Georges and his mother were able to visit him there ca. 1942, around Georges's 12th birthday, when he received the woodcut, a fountain pen, and a walking stick. On July 26, 1942, Therese was arrested. She yelled to Georges to run and he escaped to the home of his maternal uncle, Max Hirszberg. Max’s Catholic wife Edmee helped Georges create a false identity as a Christian using his maternal grandmother’s name, Banet. He then lived in hiding with a series of families for the next two years. Paris was liberated in August 1944 and Georges returned to Paris. His parents had been deported in summer 1942 to Auschwitz, where they perished. In December 1946, Georges left for the home of a relative, Albert Banet, in America.
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Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:19:52
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Also in George Flaum Banet collection
The collection consists of a walking stick, a quill pen, and a woodcut relating to the experiences of Georges Flaum (later Banet) and his parents Charles and Therese in France during and after the Holocaust, which Georges survived in hiding, while his parents were held in internment camps in France, and then deported and killed in Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland.
Walking stick received as a gift by a French Jewish boy who survived in hiding
Object
Walking stick which Georges Flaum received from his father Charles for his 12th birthday in 1942 during a visit to the internment camp where Charles was being held. Georges lived with his parents, Charles and Terese, in Paris. In May 1940, France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The June armistice placed Paris under a German military administration which enacted anti-Jewish policies. On May 14, 1941, Charles was sent to Pithiviers internment camp. Georges and his mother were able to visit him there ca. 1942, around Georges's 12th birthday, when he received the woodcut, a quill, and a walking stick. On July 26, 1942, Therese was arrested. She yelled to Georges to run and he escaped to the home of his maternal uncle, Max Hirszberg. Max’s Catholic wife Edmee helped Georges create a false identity as a Christian using his maternal grandmother’s name, Banet. He then lived in hiding with a series of families for the next two years. Paris was liberated in August 1944 and Georges returned to Paris. His parents had been deported in summer 1942 to Auschwitz, where they perished. In December 1946, Georges left for the home of a relative, Albert Banet, in America.
Woodcut of camp life made for the son of a transit camp inmate by another inmate
Object
Woodcut which Charles (Chaim) Flaum gave to his son Georges for his 12th birthday ca. 1942. It was made by another inmate, Arthur Weisz, at the internment camp where Charles was being held and has images of daily life at Camp Pithiviers. Georges lived with his parents, Charles and Therese, in Paris. In May 1940, France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The June armistice placed Paris under a German military administration which enacted anti-Jewish policies. On May 14, 1941, Charles was sent to Pithiviers internment camp. Georges and his mother were able to visit him there ca. 1942, around Georges's 12th birthday, when he received the woodcut, a quill, and a walking stick. On July 26, 1942, Therese was arrested. She yelled to Georges to run and he escaped to the home of his maternal uncle, Max Hirszberg. Max’s Catholic wife Edmee helped Georges create a false identity as a Christian using his maternal grandmother’s name, Banet. He then lived in hiding with a series of families for the next two years. Paris was liberated in August 1944 and Georges returned to Paris. His parents had been deported in summer 1942 to Auschwitz, where they perished. In December 1946, Georges left for the home of a relative, Albert Banet, in America.
