Group portrait of Jewish children at the OSE home, "Maison des Pupilles de la Nation," in Aspet, France.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 03138

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of Jewish children at the OSE home, "Maison des Pupilles de la Nation," in Aspet, France.

Standing in the middle of the group is the director, Henri Couvot. Michael Oppenheimer is pictured in the last row, second from the left, his face partially hidden.

The children were brought to the home from French transit camps with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE).
Date: 1942
Locale: Aspet, [Haute-Garonne] France
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hanna Meyer-Moses

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Hanna Meyer-Moses

Keyword: AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE ASSISTANCE COMMITTEES CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN'S HOMES CHILDREN'S HOMES (ASPET) CHILDREN'S HOMES (MAISON DES PUPILLES) CHILDREN/YOUTH GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (FRENCH) JEWS (GERMAN) OSE (OEUVRE DE SECOURS AUX ENFANTS) REFUGEES (JEWISH) YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- France -- OSE/Children's Homes -- Aspet