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Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud correspondence with the regional welfare institutions in Grenoble, Perigueux and Clermont Ferrand regarding the transfer of funds to refugees and more, 1941-1943 The material was created by: 1st Department 1st Section Entr’Aide Francaise Israelites (EFI - Organization for Jewish mutual aid in France) Raymond Geissman In the file: UGIF correspondence with the regional welfare institutions in Grenoble, Perigueux and Clermont Ferrand regarding the transfer of funds on behalf of the refugees and those detained in...

File Number : 167

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Photograph

Language : French

Personal documentation of Frederic Hammel (Shimon Hammel) , including certificates, documents, letters and photographs, 1940-1965

Personal documentation of Frederic Hammel (Shimon Hammel) , including certificates, documents, letters and photographs, 1940-1965 In the file: - Pages from the training facility journal at Taluyers and a survey regarding the Jewish Scouts in France (EIF); - Two wills written by Rabbi Samy Klein and a section from a letter regarding the fate of some of the underground members who were deported to Auschwitz and Stutthof, 24 May 1944; - Letters to Shimon Hammel from Henri and Denise Levi, and Shimon Hammel's words in their memory, 08 May 1940-24 May 1943; - Photographs from the training facility at...

File Number : 137

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Identity Card, Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Correspondence with detainees and commanders of various camps in southern France regarding distribution of assistance among the detainees, reports submitted by rabbis regarding activities on behalf of soldiers and more, 1940-1942 Correspondence with detainees and commandants of different camps in southern France concerning welfare distribution to the detainees. Also in the file: - Correspondence of Rabbi Henri Schilli, Montpellier, and his reports regarding his visits to various camps; - Excerpts from an army chaplain's report regarding his activity among the Jewish soldiers in North Africa, 03 April...

File Number : 119

Type of Material : Survey Report, Names, Article, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : French, German

Testimony

Testimony of Maurice Bernsohn, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Jewish Scouts movement in Toulouse, Lautrec, in the Maquis, using a false identity, in Mazamet, Castres and in the French Army Activities in the Jewish Scouts movement in Toulouse; establishment of agricultural points by the Jewish Scouts movement, along with the movement's center in Lautrec under the administration of Robert Gamzon and Peleg, autumn 1940; employment of the scout trainees in agricultural, crafts and general education in a traditional atmosphere; receives budgets from the Vichy government as a...

File Number : 3473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Shimon Friedrich Hamel, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Jewish Scouts in France, Taluyers and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Shimon Friedrich Hamel, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Jewish Scouts in France, Taluyers and Switzerland Assimilated family; studies in the faculty for natural sciences; makes contact with the Jewish Scouts movement from the start of its establishment, 1923; influence of refugees from Germany on the pioneering education in the Scouts movement. Establishment of children's homes and agricultural aliya training groups with the outbreak of the war; meets with the head of the Scouts movement, Robert Gamzon; coordination of practical work; establishment and...

File Number : 3472

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew