Two Alscatian Jewish women sit in a field next to a haystack.
Overview
- Caption
- Two Alscatian Jewish women sit in a field next to a haystack.
Jeanne Moskow (the mother of Henri Moskow) is seated on the right. - Date
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Circa 1925 - 1939
- Locale
- Muelhouse, [Alsace] France
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Janine Storch
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- CLOSE-UPS HAY/HAYSTACKS JEWS (FRENCH) WOMEN
- Photo Designation
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LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- France -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Henri Moskow (the cousin of the donor Janine Storch) was born in Paris on April 13, 1915. His father was born in Odessa and immigrated to France, and his mother Jeanne nee Dreyfus was born in Mulhouse in Alsace. Henri's father died while fighting for France in World War I. As a child, Henri was active in the Jewish scouts, the Eclaireurs Israelites. He was drafted into the French army in the Second World War and taken captive by the Germans. After he escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp, he marched at night through occupied France and arrived at his mother's home in Paris. He immediately joined the Jewish underground and was assigned to escort Jewish orphans into the non-occupied zone. The Gestapo arrested Henri in Avignon on Mary 16, 1943 while on his second trip. Henri Moskow was sent to Drancy and then on July 31, 1943 deported to Auschwitz where he perished.
- Record last modified:
- 2012-03-07 00:00:00
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