Paul and Lucie Léon collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2024.41.1

Overview

Description: The collection consists of approximately 70 handwritten letters from Paul Léon to his wife Lucie, written at the Drancy internment camp outside of Paris, France, between August 1941 and March 1942, before his deportation to Auschwitz killing center via Compiègne. Also included is restitution paperwork and a handwritten diary in Russian belonging to Lucie Léon when she and her family fled Russia during the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Date: creation: 1917-1942
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Anna Maria Scala Léon

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of the material(s) in this collection. 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.
Copyright Holder: Anna Maria S. Léon

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2024 by Anna Maria Scala Léon, the daughter-in-law of Paul Léon.