Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Corps Auxiliaire Volontaire Feminin (CAVF) uniform jacket worn by Nicole Widerman while serving in the French group during World War II.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1939-approximately 1945
- Geography
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use:
France
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Brenda Holland Hancock and Barbara Holland Scott in memory of their mother Nicole Widerman Holland and the Widerman family
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Military uniforms
- Object Type
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Jackets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Navy blue jacket with tan cloth lining, brass buttons, and two lapel patches. The letters C.A.V.F are embroidered onto the jacket, and there is also a pin with a coat of arms attached to the jacket.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm) | Width: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, metal, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use. The Museum has made reasonable efforts and has not been able to identify the copyright status of this material. The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but cannot provide any information to the user about the material’s copyright status. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
If you have questions about use restrictions or information regarding the copyright for this material, please contact: permissions@ushmm.org
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The CAVF uniform jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Barbara Holland Scott and Brenda Holland Hancock.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-11-29 11:01:05
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Also in Nicole Widerman family collection
The collection consists of a Corps Auxilliaire Volontaire Feminin uniform jacket, booklets, documents, photographs, and videotapes relating to the experiences of Nicole Widerman and her family in France before, during, and after World War II and in the United States after their postwar immigration.
Widerman family papers
Document
Documents and photographs relating to the Widerman family. Documents relating to Nicole Widerman's service in the CAVF Corps Auxilaire Volontaire Feminen during WWII. Three souvenir booklets from her comrades, marriage certificate, copy of a letter thrown by Robert Widerman from a train to Auschwitz. Photographs of the Widerman family before the war in Paris, France; Jewish children at a summer camp in Colleville, France; wartime in Marseille; after the war in Paris, France and after her arrival in Texas with her husband Bruce Edward Holland and their two daughters Barbara and Brenda; and surviving Widerman family in France and the US.
Presentation by Nicole Widerman
Oral History
Presentation by Nicole Widerman to students at Daingerfield High School
