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Marcel Zauberman collection

Document | Accession Number: 2018.625.1

The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Marcel Zauberman, originally of Lens, France, who fled German-occupied France and survived the war from 1943-1945 in Hôme de la Forêt, a Swiss boys home in Geneva. Included is Marcel’s Swiss-issued refugee identification document (Flüchtlingsausweis) and photographs documenting his time at Hôme de la Forêt.

The photographs are numbered by the donor and he has provided the following descriptions (descriptions run left to right):
1. Kneeling: Jean Levy-Loeb, Michel Levy-Loeb, Rudolph; Standing: Annie (staff), Leopold, Victor (staff), Simon Pravidlo, Raymond, 1944
2. Camping trip to Versoix. Marcel Zauberman, Isidore Ménachie (also referred to as Bouboule)
3. Isidore Ménachie, Pierre Vuifleret (educator), Marcel Zauberman, May 1945
4. Raymond, Marcel Zauberman, May 1945
5. Raymond, Rudolph, Michel Levy-Loeb
6. Marcel Zauberman, Jean Levy-Loeb, 1946
7. Pierre Vuifleret (staff), May 1945
8. Marcel Zauberman, Michel Levy-Loeb, Isidore Ménachie, Rudolph, Raymond, Versoix, 1946
9. Hôme de la Forêt
10. Rudolph, May 1945
11. Jean, Isidore Ménachie (Bouboule), Michel, Rudolph, Raymond, Marcel Zauberman, Vesoix, 1944
12. Isidore Ménachie, Marcel Zauberman, Rudolph, Pierre Vuifleret, Michel Levy-Loeb, unidentified, Jean Levy-Loeb
13. Michel Levy-Loeb
14. Unidentified, Raymond, Isidore Ménachie (Bouboule), Rudolph, Michel Levy-Loeb, Marcel Zauberman
15. Michel Levy-Loeb, May 1945
16. Raymond, May 1945

Date
inclusive:  1943-1950
Language
German
English
French
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marcel Zauberman

About This Document

Document Creator
Marcel Zauberman
Biography
Marcel Zauberman was born on 27 September 1931 in Paris, France to Chil and Sura Zauberman. He has two sisters, Mireille (b. 1934) and Hélène (b. 1936). Prior to the German invasion of France in 1940, the Zaubermans lived in Lens, France. As the situation in German-occupied France worsened, Marcel’s father arranged through an underground resistance group for him and his sisters to be smuggled into Vichy, France. Marcel, Mireille, and Hélène successfully crossed the border and were taken in by their aunt and uncle and their children who had previously fled there. They lived in Chaudes-Aigues. Marcel’s parents fled to Lille and were smuggled into Vichy, France with the aid of French Resistance railway workers. They enrolled Marcel in a Catholic school under a false identity, but refused to allow him and his sisters to convert to Catholicism for protection. The family then fled to the Italian-occupied zone, settling in Challes-les-Eaux. Marcel’s father arranged for Marcel and his sisters to be taken to Switzerland with several other children in September 1943. Marcel was sent to an all-boys children’s home in Geneva called Hôme de la Forêt. His sisters were placed with a Swiss family in Cormoret. The family was reunited after the war. Marcel later immigrated to Canada.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single folder.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Marcel Zauberman.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 14:33:15
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