Members of the Eclaireurs Israelites gather for an outdoor prayer service.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 58377

Date: Circa 1930 - 1939
Locale: France
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- France -- Zionist Activity/Hachsharot
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Janine Storch

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.
Keyword: ECLAIREURS ISRAELITES DE FRANCE
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (FRENCH)
RELIGIOUS ARTICLES
RELIGIOUS SERVICES/PRAYER
SCOUTS (JEWISH)
TALLIT/TEFILLIN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Janine Storch
: Record last modified: 2012-03-07 00:00:00
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