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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 : Memoirs, Correspondence, Speech

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 : Official Documentation, Postcard, Letter

Language : French

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

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Type of Material : Testimony

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 : Official Documentation, Article

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

Correspondence of Jean Choukroun in Tlemcen, Montpellier, and Chavaniac–Lafayette, 1941-1944, biography and documentation of Jean Choukroun, documentation on the Scouts movement in Tlemcen, Algeria

Correspondence of Jean Choukroun: -- With the secretary and dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Montpellier; -- With his family members in Tlemcen, Algeria; -- With his family members in Tlemcen through the Swiss Red Cross; - Letters from Gabriel Choukroun in Tlemcen via the Swiss Red Cross to Mr. Garlin in Montpellier and Joseph Renaud in Tarare, France, regarding his son Jean Choukroun, 1943; - Experiences of Jean Choukroun, born in Tlemcen, 30 November 1921 (written by his wife in Jerusalem, November 2008): Parents: Gabriel Choukroun and Marcelle Anna (Chouraqui) Rica; Siblings:...

File Number : 6050

Type of Material : Biography, Personal Documents, Postcard, Letter, Identity Card, Membership Cards, Article, Red Cross Letter, Certification, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, French

Memoirs of Henri Ejnès, born in Lublin, Poland, in 1921, about his experiences under a false identity in Reims, Montluçon, and Lyon

Memoirs of Henri Ejnès, born in Lublin, Poland, in 1921, about his experiences under a false identity in Reims, Montluçon, and Lyon Father, Laïzer Ejnès, born in Grabowiec in 1893, and mother, Haya Léa (Edelstein) Ejnès, from Lubartów; brothers: Moshé Maurice and Salomon Serge, bon in Lublin. Life in Lublin; emigration to France in 1932; staying in Paris and moving to Reims in 1933; life in Reims before the war; economic hardships; witness drops out of school and works with father in uncle's and aunt's knitting plant; moving to Paris and living with uncle, André Rak, and Aunt Fanny, in 1937, and doing sewing...

File Number : 12520

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

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Testimony

רקע משפחתי; החיים לפני המלחמה; הכיבוש הגרמני ב-1940; התייצבות האב לרישום ברובע; מעצר האב; התחלת גירושים ביולי 1942; החלטת האם לברוח לצרפת החופשית; שליחת העד עם ילדים נוספים ל-Vigneux Sur Seine; מצוד גרמני ותפיסת מרבית הילדים; איחוד עם האם ב-Decines סמוך ל-Lyon; קבלת זהות נוצרית; מסתור זמני אצל הכפריים; מצוד גרמני אחר חברי מחתרת באזור; שיבה ל-Paris לאחר השחרור; מידע על מות האב במחנות; חברות בתנועת השומר הצעיר; עליה לישראל, קליטה בקיבוץ ברעם.

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

Language : French, German

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