Jacqueline Levy-Geneste collection
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Overview
- Description
- Consists of photographs and a photograph album from the collection of Jacqueline Levy-Geneste, a German-Jewish woman who worked as a kindergarten teacher in various French internment camps, including Limoges, Rivesaltes, and Gurs. Includes photographs of life in the internment camps and the children with whom she worked, many of whom were Spanish Republicans. Also includes a small photograph album entitled "Le Petit Monde" depicting life in the Petit Monde OSE children's home in post-war France, of which Jacqueline Levy-Geneste was the director.
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Micheline Weinstein
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
- Geographic Name
- Limoges (France) France
- Personal Name
- Weinstein, Micheline, 1941- Levy-Geneste, Jacqueline.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Micheline Weinstein donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-11 07:34:35
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43791
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