Overview
- Description
- The collection includes a photograph of Henri Maizels's parents in Paris before WWII and a photograph of Henri's aunt and uncle, who he lived with after WWII, dated 1947.
- Date
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creation:
1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henri Maizels
- Collection Creator
- Henri Maizels
- Biography
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Henri Maizels was born in Paris, France on December 4, 1939 to Charles Maizels (b.1913 or 1914, in Kraschnik, Poland) and Sarah Kirshenblatt (Sura Kiersenblat, b. 1918 in Pulawy, Poland). They lived in France and in 1941 or 1942 the family applied for emigration to Switzerland, but were denied. When Henri was two years old his father contracted tuberculosis and was hospitalized. He was deported from the hospital. When Germany took control of northern France, Sarah and Henri moved to Avignon in southern France in 1943. Sarah contracted Typhus and died. Henri was placed with a Catholic family and then a Catholic orphanage. After the war Henri was placed in a Jewish orphanage near Paris. His aunt, Miriam Maizels, and uncle, Nathan Maizels, found him and raised him along with their own son Max Maizels. In 1947 Henri was sent to the United States aboard the MS Gripsholm to live with his aunt and uncle in New York City.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photograph.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Henri Maizels
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Maizels, Henri.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Mr. Henri Maizels
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:39:39
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49292
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