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Rabbi Samuel Stourdze, born in 1918, known as Samy; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Rabbi Samuel Stourdze, born in 1918, known as Samy; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Drafted into the French Army, 1939; completes an officers' training course in Saint Cyr, April 1940; distribution of Gaullist flyers and arrest, May 1941; completes his rabbinical studies at the Chamalieres Rabbinical Seminary; ordination as a Rabbi, 1941; joins the Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy); appointment as Assistant Rabbi in Clermont Ferrand; participates in underground activities; escape to Moissac, 1942; joins La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the...

File Number : 205

Type of Material : Photograph, Personal Documents, Letter of Testimony

Language : French

Rabbi Bernard Schonberg, born in Lichagora, Poland, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Rabbi Bernard Schonberg, born in Lichagora, Poland, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Appointment as Assistant Rabbi in Lyons, 1936; Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy) activities; help to refugees including visits to hospitals and prisons; detention in Amberieu En Bugey, 26 May 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 20 November 1943; death from exhaustion in Auschwitz, 06 February 1944; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Photograph of Rabbi Bernard Schonberg; - Testimonies; - Page of...

File Number : 173

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Photograph, Letter of Testimony, Personal Documents, Excerpt(s), Speech

Language : French

Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as Rabbi of the Versailles Jewish community, 1935; activities as Rabbi of the Dijon Jewish community, 1939; life in Dole including finding living quarters for refugees, from 1940. Escape to Perigueux; activities in Perigueux including aid to refugees; receives permission to visit camps and groups of foreign workers; supplies food to deportees on transports en route to Drancy and Pithiviers; finding hiding places for children; activities as contact person with the...

File Number : 166

Type of Material : Photograph, Letter of Testimony, Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : French

Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles with her husband, Rabbi Rene Hirschler; her husband's activities as Chief Rabbi of the camps in France; rescue activities with her husband; arrested by the Gestapo with her husband, 23 December 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; perishes in Auschwitz with her husband; awarded the Croix de Guerre. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Hirschler; - Documents; - Personal documents; - Testimonies.

File Number : 101

Type of Material : Photograph, Newspaper Clippings, Personal Documents, Letter of Testimony

Language : French

Lists of detainees from two forced labor companies in the Indre region, 1943

Lists of detainees from two forced labor companies in the Indre region, 1943 The list was compiled by Rabbi Monheit, the chaplain, who lived in La Chatre in the Indre region.

File Number : 120

Type of Material : List of Camp Inmates

Language : French

Rabbi Rene Hirschler, born in Marseilles, France, 1905; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Rabbi Rene Hirschler, born in Marseilles, France, 1905; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Serves as the Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg; activities as Rabbi for the inmates of the camps in southern France; life in Marseilles including arrest with his wife, 23 December 1943; deportation to prison in Saint Pierre; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; his wife's death in Auschwitz; his death in Block 2 (the clinic) in Ebensee; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance. Also in the file: -Testimonies regarding Rabbi and Ms. Hirschler; - Articles...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French

Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) documentation, 1940-1944

Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) documentation, 1940-1944 In the file: Correspondence with religious leaders in France regarding providing help to the communities and the Jews; copy of a letter from Marc Boegner, Chairman of the National Council of the Protestant Church in France to the Chief Rabbi of France deploring the antisemitic policy of the Vichy government, 26 March 1941. Also in the file: - Lists of rabbis, ritual circumcisers, cantors and members of Jewish congregations in France during the war; - Letters from Rabbi Isaie Schwartz, the Chief...

File Number : 118

Type of Material : List of Names, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud correspondence regarding various lobbying efforts with the Vichy government, participation in welfare budgets, relations with the Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews), desecration of a synagogue in Nice and more, 1942-1944 The material was created by: UGIF, Zone Sud General Manager Central Consistory of French Jews In the file: UGIF correspondence regarding various lobbying efforts with the Vichy government, participation in welfare budgets and relations with the...

File Number : 150

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : French

Reports submitted by Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy) rabbis regarding the camps, 1942-1943

Reports submitted by Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy) rabbis regarding the camps, 1942-1943 In the file: Seven reports submitted by Aumonerie Generale Israelite rabbis regarding their activities giving emotional assistance to detainees in different camps and in labor camps for foreigners as well as to the young people, incomplete. Also in the file: - Short reports regarding visits to various camps, 14 June-10 November 1943; - General report on activities, 1940-1945. For the names of the various camps and settlements visited by the rabbis, see Yad Vashem Archives Card...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : List of Camp Inmates, Reports, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons

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, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Names, Article

Language : French, German

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