Overview
- Description
- The Flora Kermouch papers include four identification cards used by Flora Kermouch in German-occupied France and two satirical handbills. The identification cards include one genuine student ID using her name “Flora Hay,” two false IDs using the name “Francoise Henry,” and one blank ID. The two satirical handbills purport to be Hitler's last will and testament and were printed in France in August-September 1944.
- Date
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inclusive:
1942-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Flora Khermouch
- Collection Creator
- Flora Khermouch
- Biography
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Flora Kermouch (1922-2017) was born Flora Hay in Baghdad, Iraq on September 18, 1922 to Isarel Nissim Hay and Hanini Hay. She found herself stranded in Toulouse during the Holocaust while her parents remained in Bagdhad. She credits the archbishop of Toulouse and local nuns with saving her. She married Harold Kermouch.
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Handbills. Identification cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Flora Kermouch papers are arranged as a single file.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- France--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Flora Khermouch donated the Flora Kermouch papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-19 15:23:44
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