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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

Protests against the persecution of the Jews, and letters identifying with the Jews from Church leaders in France, 1940-1943

Protests against the persecution of the Jews, and letters identifying with the Jews from Church leaders in France, 1940-1943 Protests by Church leaders in France against the persecution of the Jews (Appels aux Chretiens). Also in the file: - Letters identifying with the Jews from Paul Claudel, and Jules Soliege and Marc Boegner, leaders of the Catholic and the Reform Churches written to the Chief Rabbi of France, 26 March 1941-01 January 1942; - Newspaper clipping regarding rescue activities by Daniel Trocme, the Protestant teacher later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations. There is more...

File Number : 239

Type of Material : Survey Report

"Journal d'un Rabbin (Diary of a Rabbi) Extraits" - Excerpts from the memoirs of Rabbi Joseph Cohen, Paris, 1967

"Journal d'un Rabbin (Diary of a Rabbi) Extraits" - Excerpts from the memoirs of Rabbi Joseph Cohen, Paris, 1967 Memoirs of the Chief Rabbi of Bordeaux, Rabbi Joseph Cohen, regarding the relations between the Jews and the heads of the Christian Church, about religious functionaries and rabbis in France, and the Comite De Defense Des Victimes Du Nazisme.

File Number : 29

Type of Material : Memoirs, Notebook

Language : French

Surveys, letters and testimonies regarding the rescue of children by the OSE (Oeuvre de Secours Aux Enfants) organization, help from the Protestant church, return of children after the liberation and more, 1940-1982 The material was created by: Secret Department for Placement of Children In the file: Surveys, letters and testimonies regarding the rescue of children by the OSE organization, help from the Protestant church, return of children after the liberation and more Also in the file: - Booklet with memoirs of Enea Averbouh, an OSE social worker during the war.

File Number : 142

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Names, Booklet(s), Testimony, Reports, Photograph

Language : French, English, Russian

Protocols from Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews), Zone Sud meetings regarding the situation of the Jews in southern France and regarding organizational and budgetary matters, a speech delivered by Jacques Helbronner and more, 1941-1944 The material was created by: Consistoire Central des Israelites de France; Minutes of Meetings In the file: - Protocols from Consistoire meetings regarding the situation of the Jews in southern France and regarding organizational and budgetary matters Also in the file: - Memorandum regarding the relations between the...

File Number : 123

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Protocol, Survey Report, Reports

Language : French

Protocols from Association des Rabbins Francais (Association of French Rabbis) general assemblies and meetings, report regarding the activities of the Chief Rabbi of France, manifesto opposוng attacks on synagogues and more, 1940-1942 In the file: - Protocols from general assemblies and meetings of the administrative committee of the Association of French Rabbis. Also in the file: - Report on the activities of Rabbi Isaie Schwartz, the Chief Rabbi of France, June-November 1940; - Sympathetic letter from Marc Boegner, the head of the Reform Church; - Manifesto opposing the attacks on synagogues in...

File Number : 116

Type of Material : Survey Report, Protocol, Official Documentation

Memoirs of Maurice Serfati, born in Grenoble, a member of the French underground, regarding his deportation to Drancy camp and jumping from a deportation train to Auschwitz in 1944

Memoirs of Maurice Serfati, born in Grenoble, a member of the French underground, regarding his deportation to Drancy camp and jumping from a deportation train to Auschwitz in 1944 - memoirs of Moise Maurice Serfati, born in Grenoble, regarding his experiences in the Holocaust: - joining the French underground in 1941; the establishment of the Maquis; escape from the Maquis in the Oisans area to Grenoble and arrest by militiamen on 10 February 1944; deportation to Drancy camp; transfer to the train station in Bobigny on 27 March 1944; jumping off the deportation train Transport no. 70 to Auschwitz before...

File Number : 11072

Type of Material : Memoirs, Internet Material

Language : French

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