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Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Toulouse from 1942; work as assistant to Dr. Jules Hofstein, the physician, in the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) offices; raises money and prepares parcels for Gurs inmates; occupation of southern France by the Germans; search for solutions for children at risk; distribution of food on the deportation trains with help from the Quakers; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file: - Photograph...

File Number : 143

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

Language : French

Dr. Isser Seilinger, born in Bersorka, (Russia) the Soviet Union, 1881; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Dr. Isser Seilinger, born in Bersorka, (Russia) the Soviet Union, 1881; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Grenoble including managing the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) office from 1943; detention by the Gestapo, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file: - Photograph of Dr. Isser Seilinger; - Testimony.

File Number : 142

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : French

Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); work in a children's home in Paris until 1942; transfer to Lyons; transfer to Grenoble; continuation of her EIF work; participation in CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) rescue work; rescue of a child and arrest by the Gestapo due to being informed on; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Kahn; - Testimony; - Page of Testimony in her name.

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Photograph, Testimony, Personal Documents

Language : French

Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Lyons as a social worker; detention during a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to the Beaune La Rolande camp; transfer to Sobibor; death in Sobibor. In the file: _ Portraits of Madeleine Schick; - Testimonies.

File Number : 85

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Testimony, Photograph

Language : French

Marcelle Loeb, born in Strasbourg, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Marcelle Loeb, born in Strasbourg, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in EIF (French Jewish Scouts); arrest by the Gestapo during a raid on the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building in Lyon in the presence of Klaus Barbie, 09 February, 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor; perishes in Sobibor. In the file: - Photograph of Marcelle Loeb; - Excerpt from a testimony.

File Number : 74

Type of Material : Testimony, Personal Documents

Language : French

Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities from 1942; transfer to La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF activities; responsibility for rescuing children in Limoges; activities using the name Pierre Durand; arrest in Marseilles following a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices; deportation to Drancy. In the file: - Photograph; - Letters; - Excerpts from a testimony.

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents

Language : French

Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities including rescuing children; arrest at the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943. Also in the file: - Deposition by Marguerite Kohn at the police station taken from documents presented at the trial of Klaus Barbie, 23 February 1983; - Last letters from Samuel Kohn to his wife.

File Number : 40

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

Language : French

Testimony

Testimony of Rabbi Rene Kepel, the military chaplain, regarding his activities in camps in southern France and regarding the transferring of Jewish organizations to southern France and their activities there Life in France during the German occupation; transfer of Jewish organizations to Marseilles, Bordeaux and Toulouse; activities as military chaplain in camps: Gurs, Saint Cyprien and Vernet; relief activities of the Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) and the Jewish organizations: the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), [H]ICEM ([Hebrew] Sheltering and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Personal documentation and correspondence of Rabbi Leo Ansbacher, who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1907

Personal documentation and correspondence of Rabbi Leo Ansbacher, who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1907 - Documents regarding the education of Rabbi Leo Ansbacher; - Confirmations attesting to the activities of Rabbi Leo Ansbacher in refugee camps in France; - Personal correspondence of Rabbi Leo Ansbacher.

File Number : 169

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Original, Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud letters, memoranda and reports regarding administrative matters, help to refugees and budget, 1942-1943

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud letters, memoranda and reports regarding administrative matters, help to refugees and the budget, 1942-1943 The material was created by: The General-Manager of the 5th Department 1st Section of Comite d’Aide aux Refugies (CAR- Refugees Aid Committee) In the file: - Letters, memoranda and reports regarding help to refugees and the budget. Also in the file: - Some reports, June 1942; - Report regarding CAR activities until 1942 (See Yad Vashem Archives O.9/115).

File Number : 160

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Names

Language : French

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