Gaston Schmir collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of two children's books, "Mon Petit Trott" and "Contes et Légendes Du Grand Siècle," taken by Gaston Schmir from a school library in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, in Apr. 1943. Gaston Schmir left the books in Haute-Savoie, France, before crossing into Switzerland, and he returned and recovered them after World War II.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Dr. Gaston L. Schmir.