Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of eleven hand stamps, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gilbert Leidervarger, his wife Suzanne, and his in-laws, Lina, David, Robert, Nelly, and Rosette Donoff, when they were active in forgery activities for the French resistance during the German occupation of France in World War II.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Elaine Frank, the niece of Gilbert Leidervarger.
Browse 12 Items In This Collection
Murianette town hall stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.1
Villeneuve-sur-Lot town hall stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.2
Police commissioner stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.3
Bois 1942 hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.4
Charbon hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.5
C.I.-6-43 hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.6
VT hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.7
Dental company stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.8
Lyon town hall stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.9
Stamp with Juif, French for Jew, made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.10
Lyon hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object | Accession Number: 1988.77.11
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