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Group portrait of Jewish youth in hiding.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 55569
Group portrait of Jewish youth in hiding. Pictured bottom row from right to left are Francine Ajzensztark, Maurice Rubinsztein and Maurice's cousin Suzanne (who did not survive). Top row, right to left: Suzanne Ajzensztark. Henry (did not survive) and Annette (a Christian girl whose father helped them get false papers and who hid Maurice) After the war Annette and Maurice married.

Group portrait of Jewish youth in hiding.

Pictured bottom row from right to left are Francine Ajzensztark, Maurice Rubinsztein and Maurice's cousin Suzanne (who did not survive). Top row, right to left: Suzanne Ajzensztark. Henry (did not survive) and Annette (a Christian girl whose father helped them get false papers and who hid Maurice) After the war Annette and Maurice married.

Date
1943
Locale
Graulhet, [Tarn] France
Photo Designation
RESCUERS & RESCUED -- France
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Francine Taylor

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Biography
Francine Taylor (born Frajda Ajzensztark) is the daughter of Mortre Mendel (later Maurice) Ajzensztark and Grina (later Germaine nee Königsberg) Ajzensztark. was born on July 14, 1928 in Karczew, Poland near Warsaw. She has an older sister Rachela (Suzanne, later Barton). Her family moved to France when she was two years old and settled in Paris. After learning of the round-ups of Jews in Paris, Francine fled by bicycle. She survived the war in hiding using false identification cards under the name of Fernande Altier. For the last year of the war the family was hidden by the Herteaux family in Saint Frimbault. She also hid n Marseilles and Graulhet. After liberation, Francine worked as a file clerk for the American Army where she met her future husband, Harry Taylor.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Francine Taylor
Source Record ID: Collections: RG-50.166*0035
 
Record last modified: 2012-12-13 00:00:00
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