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Portrait of the Meyer family sitting at an outdoor table in Chasseneuil, Vienne, France.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 06957
Portrait of the Meyer family sitting at an outdoor table in Chasseneuil, Vienne, France.

Portrait of the Meyer family sitting at an outdoor table in Chasseneuil, Vienne, France.

Date
1940 - 1942
Locale
Chasseneuil, [Vienne] France
Photo Designation
INVASION & OCCUPATION -- France -- JEWS -- Daily Life/Families/The Jewish Quarter
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Brigitte M. Steele

About This Photograph

Biography
Brigitte Steele (born Brigitte Meyer) was born in Berlin and had one brother. The family fled to France and her father served in the French Foreign Legion. After the German invasion of France in 1940 they fled to the southern zone and settled in Chasseneuil. The family escaped deportation from Limoges by minutes. In either 1942 or 1943 they crossed the Pyrenees and made their way to Portugal. Their they boarded the Nyassa and immigrated to the United States.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Brigitte M. Steele
 
Record last modified: 2010-07-08 00:00:00
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