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Leonie Roualet collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of artwork, Catholic devotional objects, household objects, luggage, scrip, shoes, stamps, and documents relating to the experiences of Leonie Roualet in the Vittel internment camp in France during the Holocaust, and in France and the United States after the Holocaust.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Mark Roualet, the great-nephew of Leonie Roualet.
Date
1940-1954
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Leonie Roualet papers

Document | Accession Number: 2018.426.1

Date
inclusive:  1940-1954
Leonie Roualet papers

Brown cloth and leather trimmed suitcase used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.2

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1939-1945 December
Brown cloth and leather trimmed suitcase used by an American internee

Wall crucifix owned by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.3

Geography
manufacture: France
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Wall crucifix owned by an American internee

Plastic rosary used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.4

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Plastic rosary used by an American internee

Metal and plastic rosary used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.5

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Metal and plastic rosary used by an American internee

Metal and glass rosary used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.6

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Metal and glass rosary used by an American internee

Bar of soap owned by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.7

Geography
received: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
received:  1942 September-1944 September
Bar of soap owned by an American internee

Framed portrait of a woman owned by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.8 a-c

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Framed portrait of a woman owned by an American internee

Pitcher made from an Eatonia Brand butter can and used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.9

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Pitcher made from an Eatonia Brand butter can and used by an American internee

Kettle made from a can of Klim powdered milk and used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.10 a-b

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Kettle made from a can of Klim powdered milk and used by an American internee

Metal strainer used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.11

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Metal strainer used by an American internee

Women’s blue cloth and wood sandals worn by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.12 a-b

Geography
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
use:  1942 September-1944 September
Women’s blue cloth and wood sandals worn by an American internee

Vichy France currency, 5 franc note, acquired by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.13

Geography
issue: France
Date
issue:  1943 June 02
Vichy France currency, 5 franc note, acquired by an American internee

Czechoslovakian postage stamp, 40 haléř, acquired by a former American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.14

Geography
issue: Czech Republic.
Date
issue:  1970 February 17

Czechoslovakian postage stamp, 1 koruna, acquired by a former American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.15

Geography
issue: Czech Republic.
Date
issue:  1970 February 16

Watercolor painting of a standing woman acquired by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.16

Geography
creation: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
creation:  1943
Watercolor painting of a standing woman acquired by an American internee

Watercolor painting of a line for wood and coal acquired by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.17

Geography
creation: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
creation:  1943
Watercolor painting of a line for wood and coal acquired by an American internee

Handmade birthday card given to an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.18

Geography
creation: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
received:  1942 October 28
Handmade birthday card given to an American internee

Watercolor painting of a crowd gathered in front of a decorative building in Vittel internment camp acquired by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.19

Geography
creation: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
creation:  1943
Watercolor painting of a crowd gathered in front of a decorative building in Vittel internment camp acquired by an American internee

Watercolor painting of people in line for lunch acquired by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.20

Geography
creation: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
creation:  1943
Watercolor painting of people in line for lunch acquired by an American internee

Watercolor painting of women collecting Red Cross packages acquired by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.21

Geography
creation: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
creation:  1943
Watercolor painting of women collecting Red Cross packages acquired by an American internee

French Catholic prayer book with ivory covers used by an American internee

Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.22

Geography
publication: Dijon (France)
use: Vittel (Concentration camp); Vittel (France)
Date
publication:  1876
 
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