Overview
- Description
- Comprised primarily of school documents, such as report cards, exam booklets, rosters, and a dossier, relating to the experiences of Freddy Schumer (formerly Siegfried Schumer, b. 1929) as a student in Malonne, Belgium at the Institut Saint-Berthuin under the false identity "Francois Demblon" while he resided at an orphanage with his younger brother, who also adopted a false identity, "Jacques Demblon." Additional documents include postcards, postwar packs of letters and information about Jewish orphans, and handwritten and typed correspondence with US Army Chaplains Judah Nadich, Morris Sandhaus, and Max Routtenberg. There is also a bound photograph album featuring Schumer family photographs.
- Date
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approximately 1943-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Freddy Schumer
- Collection Creator
- Freddy Schumer
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. School records.
- Extent
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2 folders
1 oversize box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum has made reasonable efforts but is not able to determine the copyright status of some or all of the material(s) in this collection, or identify and/or locate the potential copyright owner(s). The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but it cannot provide any information to the user about the status of the copyright(s). The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Namur (Belgium)
- Personal Name
- Schumer, Freddy.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Karina and Ken Schumer, daughter and grandson of Freddy Schumer.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-06 10:54:35
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