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David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with hardships; life before the war; move to Warsaw including joining Poalei Zion; drafted into the Polish Army in the 1920s; desertion from the Polish Army and escape to France; life in Paris using a false identity and forged documents; joins Poalei Zion; distribution of a Polish Poalei Zion journal; raising money for various causes; maintaining contact with his friends in Poland. German occupation; activities on behalf of the Colonie Scolaire (The Summer School...

File Number : 125

Type of Material : Certification, Survey Report, Postcard, Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Vouchers, Letter of Testimony, Photograph

Language : French

Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including the German occupation; joins Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); member of the Bund party; help to needy Jews; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Romainville; life in Romainville; death, 12 December 1942. In the file: - Summary of her personal information.

File Number : 116

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : French

Henri Rosencweig, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1917; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Henri Rosencweig, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1917; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Move to France with his family, 1920; membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) and joins the FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France). Activities in Colonie Scolaire (The Summer School Camp) on Amelot Street during the German occupation; escape to Lyons, 1942; continuation of his FSJF activities; arrest by the Gestapo during a raid on the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz;...

File Number : 106

Type of Material : Excerpt(s), Photograph, Personal Documents, Testimony

Language : French

Moise Judkowsky, born in the Vilna region; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Moise Judkowsky, born in the Vilna region; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Move to France before World War I; life in Toulouse including electrotechnology studies; early activities as part of the Comite de Coordination des Oeuvres Israelites de Bienfaisance (Coordinating Committee of Jewish Welfare Societies). German occupation; drafted into the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) by Henri Rosenzweig; it would appear that he was arrested in the Velodrome d'hiver (Winter Sport Palace) hunt in Paris, 16 July 1942. In the file: - Excerpt from...

File Number : 67

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Testimony

Language : French

Aron Kremer, born in Vilna, Poland, 1904; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Aron Kremer, born in Vilna, Poland, 1904; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Paris including medical studies for six years; work as a journalist on the "Pariser Haint" newspaper; closing of the newspaper, 1940; Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) and Colonie Scolaire (The Summer School Camp) activities. German occupation; continuation of organization activities; help to children; transfer of forged documents and ration cards to Jews in hiding; arrest in Dijon, 1942; identification as a Jew; deportation to Pithiviers; transfer to Drancy;...

File Number : 59

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Letter

Language : French

Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physician; evacuation from Paris with his family, June 1940; escape to Marseilles; life in Marseilles; maintains contact with the local resistance movement and the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest in Marseilles with his son, Victor, 1943; deportation to the Compiegne camp with his son; transfer to Drancy with his son; transfer to Sobibor; murdered in the gas chamber in Sobibor with his son. In the file: - Photographs; -...

File Number : 58

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : French

Judith Ides Topcza, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1903; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Judith Ides Topcza, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1903; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris. Manages the soup kitchen set up by the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); relief provided by the soup kitchen to needy Jewish families; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 38, 28 September 1942.

File Number : 42

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French

Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including work within the framework of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); arrest in Lyons by the Gestapo, 07 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor on Transport 53; death in Sobibor. Also in the file: - Description of an "Aktion" in Lyon, 09 February 1943.

File Number : 38

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a journalist; underground activities; leader of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest by Danneker, a Gestapo commander, 01 June 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz, 02 July 1944. Also in the file: - Booklet entitled "L'un des Trente Six" (One of the Thirty-six), published by Kyoum, Paris, 1946.

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter of Testimony, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Brochure, Photograph, Reports

Language : French

Leo Glaeser, born in Riga, Latvia, 1897, known as Louis Garnier; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Leo Glaeser, born in Riga, Latvia, 1897, known as Louis Garnier; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Founding of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); resignation from his work as a financial manager; joins FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France) under the leadership of Marc Jarblum; arrested in Lyon, 20 June 1944; executed, 22 June 1944.

File Number : 36

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

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