Lyon hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
- Date
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use:
1942-1944
- Geography
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creation:
Vichy (France)
- Language
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French
- Classification
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Office Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Marking devices
- Object Type
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Hand stamps (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elaine Frank, in memory of her mother, Lina Donoff Frank, and her aunts and uncles, David, Robert, and Nelly Donoff and Gilbert Leidervarger
Counterfeit hand stamp with Lyon made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
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Also in Gilbert Leidervarger and Donoff family collection
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.
Murianette town hall stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit unmounted hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents for the French resistance. It is a town hall stamp for Murianette near Grenoble in southern France. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Villeneuve-sur-Lot town hall stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. It is a town hall stamp for Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the Lot-et-Garonne department. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Police commissioner stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit police commissioner hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Bois 1942 hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit hand stamp with Bois 1942 made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Charbon hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit unmounted hand stamp with Charbon 1942-1943 made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. The stamp likely was used to forge coal ration cards. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
C.I.-6-43 hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
VT hand stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Dental company stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit unmounted hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. The stamp mark is for a dental instruments company in Beauvais, probably for forging work papers. Making rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Lyon town hall stamp made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit unmounted hand stamp made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. It is a town hall stamp for Lyon. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Stamp with Juif, French for Jew, made to forge papers for the resistance
Object
Counterfeit hand stamp with Juif for Jew made by Gilbert Leidervarger in southern France between 1942 and 1944 to authenticate forged documents made by the French resistance. Recreating official rubber stamps was difficult because of the special materials and carving skills required. Erasing rubber was not really suitable; some forgers used linoleum or sliced and combined sections from purloined or discontinued stamps. After Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940, Gilbert, wife Suzanne Donoff, and Suzanne’s six siblings, Lina, Rosette, David, Robert, two other sisters, and Robert’s wife Nelly, became involved with Eclaireurs israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) and its clandestine branch, La Sixieme. They worked in southern France, governed by the Vichy regime, but occupied by German troops in November 1942. Gilbert made copies of official stamps to authenticate the false papers made by Robert. Lina, Rosette, and David were in Lyon, hiding children and providing false papers and ration cards. France was liberated late summer 1944. David and Robert were killed for their resistance activity.
Donoff family papers
Document
The Donoff family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, forged documents, photographs, and printed materials documenting the Donoff family's involvement in forgery operations for the Jewish resistance movement in France during World War II.