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Nahum Hermann, born in Shargorod, Ukraine, 1899: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Nahum Hermann, born in Shargorod, Ukraine, 1899: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in France; activities as the first Chief Executive Officer of the Keren Hayesod (United Israel Appeal); establishment of the CDJC (Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center) with other people. Outbreak of the war; work as a foreign correspondent for "The Jewish Morning Journal" newspaper; work for newspapers from Eretz Israel; activities in the underground AJ (Jewish Army); taken captive in Limoges during an attempt to transfer money to OSE (Children's Aid Society);...

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Survey Report, Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Letter, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Newspaper Clippings

Language : French, Yiddish

Ten sample documents regarding the fate of French Jewry, 1939-1944 from a collection entitled "In Order to Remember", prepared as an exhibition by the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC- Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) In the file: - A partial list of the deportees in the transport from Drancy to Pithiviers, 17 August 1942. Indexed separately in the Sapir system, Entry Number 4319461.

File Number : 391

Type of Material : Documents, Official Documentation, Identity Card

Language : French, German

Correspondence of Benjamin Arditti with scientific and humanitarian institutions regarding the collection of source material and articles pertaining to the history of Bulgarian Jewry during World War II, 1954-1970 Names of the institutions: - Administration of the Hebrew Encyclopedia; - Institut Culturel Franco-Bulgare De Recherches Scientifiques Olivenbaum; - Communaute Juive De Monastir/Bitola; - Institute of Contemporary History - Eiener Library, London; - Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam. Also in the file: - Two letters from the International Committee of the Red Crosse regarding Red Cross...

File Number : 19

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew, French, English, German

Collection of documents from the estate of Joseph Fischer-Ariel, Lyon, France, 1940-1943

Collection of documents from the estate of Joseph Fischer-Ariel, Lyon, France, 1940-1943 In the file: Copies of reports from the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC- Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) regarding the situation of the Jews in France.

File Number : 304

Type of Material : Survey Report

Documentation in remembrance of the underground in France, 1970-1979

Documentation in remembrance of the underground in France, 1970-1979 Essays by Professor Georges Wellers, Andre Kaspi, Louis Comby, Daniela Delmaire and others from a symposium regarding the persecution of the Jews in France, the responsibility of the Vichy government and the position taken by the Catholic Church regarding the persecution of the Jews. Also in the file: - Booklet regarding 12 years of activity of the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC- Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris, 1943-1953; - Two booklets regarding museums in memory of the underground and the...

File Number : 274

Type of Material : Research Article

Testimony of Edit Berger, born in Kispest, regarding Joseph Müller, born in Budapest, Lázslo Márkus, and Olga Dévény, born in Tiszabő, who were arrested in Budapest in 1944

Testimony of Edit Berger, born in Kispest, regarding Joseph Müller, born in Budapest, Lázslo Márkus, and Olga Dévény, born in Tiszabő, who were arrested in Budapest in 1944 - testimony written in Palaiseau on 4 May 2007 by Edit Berger (maiden name: Szalay) born in Kispest on 27 April 1948, regarding: --- arrest of Joseph Müller, employee of the Vígszínház Theater, in Budapest by the Arrow Cross in 1944. He perished. The testimony is based on the words of Anna Müller, Joseph’s wife; --- arrest of Lázslo Márkus, born in 1927, actor at the Madách Theater, in Budapest by the Arrow Cross in 1944. He survived....

File Number : 10632

Type of Material : Names, Testimony

Language : French

Postcards written by Herbert Schermann in Drancy camp and sent to his wife Hélène in Paris during 1940-1942, and documentation regarding their experiences

Postcards written by Herbert Schermann in Drancy camp and sent to his wife Hélène in Paris during 1940-1942, and documentation regarding their experiences Postcards related to Herbert Schermann: - 23 postcards, including one undated, written by Herbert Schermann in Drancy camp and sent to his wife Hélène Chuma Schermann in Paris during 02/12/1940-19/0/7/1942; - Postcard written by Herbert Schermann in Drancy camp and sent to his wife Hélène Chuma Schermann in Paris on 07 November; Documentation related to the fate of Herbert Schermann: - Personal record of Herbert Schermann, born in Frankfurt on...

File Number : 3145

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Death Certificate, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Testimony, Personal Records, Postcard, Letter

Language : French, German

Documentation from France, Belgium, Poland and Israel, regarding the deportation of Israel Hendeles, born in Blaski, Poland in 1904, to Drancy, Auschwitz and Dachau camps, dated, 1942-2001

Documentation from France, Belgium, Poland and Israel, regarding the deportation of Israel Hendeles, born in Blaski, Poland in 1904, to Drancy, Auschwitz and Dachau camps, dated, 1942-2001 Documentation regarding the deportation of Israel Hendeles (issued during the Holocaust period): - Inmate's card from Drancy camp, in the name of Israel Hendeles; he was transferred from Drancy camp on 02/09/1942; - Segment of a list including the names of Jews who were arrested in the unoccupied area in France, and deported from Drancy camp to Auschwitz camp on Transport no. 27 on 02/09/1942; the list from the...

File Number : 1713

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Official Documentation, Personal Records, Letter

Language : Polish, French, English, Dutch

Documentation and letters pertaining to Acher Semahya and Fernand Zalkinow, Communist partisans who were executed in Mont Valérien, France, in 1942; documentation regarding the members of their families Personal letters regarding Acher Semahya (or Semaya) and Fernand Zalkinow: - Farewell letter written by Acher Semahya in the Cherche-Midi prison in Paris to the members of his family in France, 1942; - Farewell letters written by Fernand Zalkinow in the prison in Paris to his little sister Rachel Zalkinow and his parents in France on the day of his execution, 09 March 1942. Documentation regarding the...

File Number : 631

Type of Material : Documentary, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Death Certificate, Official Documentation, Letter, Booklet(s), Protocol

Language : French, German

Letter sent by the World Jewish Congress to Isaac Schneersohn in Paris, regarding a project for the collection of the names of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust; letter dated, 23 July 1958 - Letter sent by the World Jewish Congress to Isaac Schneersohn, founder of the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC) in Paris, in which Dr. Nahum Goldmann expresses firm opposition to a project for the collection of the names of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

File Number : 26

Type of Material : Letter

Language : French

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