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Memoirs of Odette (Latowicz) Szyper, born in Paris, France, 1928, regarding her family's experiences and her experiences in Paris

Memoirs of Odette (Latowicz) Szyper, born in Paris, France, 1928, regarding her family's experiences and her experiences in Paris Deportation of her father from Drancy to Auschwitz on Transport Number 11, 27 July 1942; her father's arrival in Auschwitz, 29 July 1942; deportation of her mother, brother, Henri, and sister, Suzanne, to Drancy on Transport Number 46, 09 February 1943; deportation to Auschwitz, 11 February 1943. Life in Paris from June 1940; deportation of the family to Drancy, and from there to Auschwitz, 1942-1943; imaginary letter written to her father regarding her experiences in France...

File Number : 8281

Type of Material : Speech, Correspondence, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, French

Letter and postcard sent from Drancy to Batsheva Geller in Paris by her father, Haim Geller, and her grandmother, Dvora Loudmer, 1942

Letter and postcard sent from Drancy to Batsheva Geller in Paris by her father, Haim Geller, and her grandmother, Dvora Loudmer, 1942 Hiding of Batsheva Geller in Paris together with her 5-year old brother, Gilbert, until late 1942; hiding of Batsheva and Gilbert in a village near Drancy. Also in the file: Letter from Haim Geller's employer certifying that because of the German anti-Jewish legislation in 1942, Haim Geller was dismissed from his work, 20 February 1945.

File Number : 1759

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Postcard

Language : French

Correspondence of the Federation des Societes Juives de France (FSJF-Federation of French Jewish Organizations) with the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France) regarding the dissolution of the Federation and the struggle to maintain the character of its institutions, 1942-1943 In the file: Correspondence of the FSJF with the UGIF regarding the dissolution of the Federation and annexation of its institutions to the UGIF, and the struggle to preserve the character of these organizations. Also in the file: - Articles regarding the political situation of Zionism and...

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Article, Official Documentation

Language : French

Testimony of Yafa Ben-Yashar, born in Paris 1931, regarding her experiences in Paris, Lamarck, with a non-Jewish family in Villersnes; using a false identity in Dans-Le-Jura and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yafa Ben-Yashar, born in Paris, France, 1931, regarding her experiences in Paris, Lamarck, with a non-Jewish family in Villecresnes; using a false identity in Dans-Le-Jura and other places Religious family; attends school; move to Trouville; attitude towards the German refugees. Outbreak of the war; her father is drafted into the French Army; German occupation; escape to a village in Normandy; return to Trouville; move to Paris; deportation of her mother and sister as non-Jews to Lamotte-Beuvron concentration camp; summer camp for Jews near Paris, from July 1942; life in the Rothschild...

File Number : 5339

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from France from the war period related to the work of Dr. Gaston Lévy in the OSE

- employment records and letters of recommendation from doctors, hospital managers, the 3ème Direction Santé de l'UGIF alias OSE and more - in France; - work permit (medical care for children) in Agde camp and Douadic camp; Correspondence of Dr. Gaston Lévy in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Béziers and Limoges regarding the following issues: -- obtaining a temporary work permit in Béziers; -- request for exemption from the law restricting the practice of medicine which was imposed on French Jews (attached are Philippe Pétain's orders from 11 August, 1941 and 22 November 1941 in Vichy); -- applications to the Conseil...

File Number : 675

Type of Material : Order, Certification, Reports, Telegram, Declaration, List of Jewish Physicians, Letter, List of Jewish Children

Language : French, German

Memoirs of Pinchas (Paul) Rapoport, born in Warsaw in 1919, regarding his family's experiences in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the Wesermünde camp, and more

Memoirs of Pinchas (Paul) Rapoport, born in Warsaw in 1919, regarding his family's experiences in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the Wesermünde camp, and more - Memoirs of Pinchas (Paul) Rapoport, born in Warsaw on 6 December 1919, regarding his family's experiences during the Holocaust. Written in 1986-1987: The move of his parents to Anderlecht in the early 1920s; his siblings: Henri (his twin brother), Fanny, Shlomo Salomon and Helene; his father's occupation: manufacturing leather bags for women; bankruptcy following the Great Depression in the 1930s and move to La Louvière; move to Forest, a...

File Number : 11468

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, French

Interview with Jean Sklar Szklarz, born in Metz, July 10, 1929, regarding his family's experiences in various places in France

Interview with Jean Sklar Szklarz, born in Metz, July 10, 1929, regarding his family's experiences in various places in France - Interview with Jean Sklar Szklarz, born in Metz, July 10, 1929, regarding his family's experiences during the Holocaust. The testimony was given in the United States, 2016: Residence in Metz; parents: Traitel Charles Szklarz born 1902 Siedlce and Cecile Lea Rychner born Sosnowiec; brothers and sisters: Jacques born 1925, Nathan and twins Paulette and Annette; father's occupation: merchant; family history; the Exode: moving to Bar-le-Duc and Virolet near Poitiers and schooling;...

File Number : 11430

Type of Material : Testimony, Interview(s)

Language : English

Memoirs of Jean Sklar, born in 1929 in Metz, about his family's experiences in France, and diary of Jewish Scouts movement members in Moissac, 1944–1947

Memoirs of Jean Sklar, born in 1929 in Metz, about his family's experiences in France, and diary of Jewish Scouts movement members in Moissac, 1944–1947 - memoirs of Jean Sklar, born on July 10, 1929, in Metz, about his family's experiences in France, published in the United States in 2017: Parents: Traitel Charles Szklarz, born in 1902 in Siedlce, and Cecile Lea Szklarz née Rychner, born in 1901 in Sosnowiec; siblings: Jacques, born in 1925; Nathan, born in 1932; twins Paulette and Annette, born in 1938; and Simon, born in 1933 (died in 1934); father's occupation: merchant; life in Metz; family history:...

File Number : 11429

Type of Material : Diary, Memoirs

Language : French, English

Memoirs of Tamara Biderman regarding her experiences in the south of France under a false identity during the Holocaust

Memoirs of Tamara Biderman regarding her experiences in the south of France under a false identity during the Holocaust Memoirs of Tamara Biderman recorded by her granddaughter Hadar Biderman: Family life in Paris; persecution of Jews after the German occupation of France; escape with her sisters Betty and Rena and other relatives to Brive; escape to Lyon; arrival of her parents from Paris to Lyon; obtaining forged papers; life under the false identity of Giselle de Cosier; liberation of Lyon by Allied forces.

File Number : 11402

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Excerpt from a French newspaper from 1942 regarding anti-Jewish legislation in France, dated 8 July 1942

Excerpt from a French newspaper from 1942 regarding anti-Jewish legislation in France, dated 8 July 1942 Comments of the submitter of the material: (Issachar Parquet) Issachar Parquet's parents, born in Warszawa in 1925: Joseph Parquet and Rikla (Rakover). His brothers: Chaim, born in Warszawa, and Binyamin, born in Paris. Joseph emigrated from Poland to France in 1932 and later Rikla and the children joined him. Joseph's occupation: worked with lacquer and owned a workshop in the building complex where they lived. Joseph reported to the police in 1941, was deported to the Drancy camp and released after...

File Number : 618

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : French

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