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Documentation regarding Abraham Cymbalista, born in Chruszczybrod, Poland, 1896; documents dated, 1940-1942

Documentation regarding Abraham Cymbalista, born in Chruszczybrod, Poland, 1896; documents dated, 1940-1942 Original documents: - Two letters written to Abraham Cymbalista in Lens by a person in the prefecture in Quimper who is interested in helping regarding the confiscation of Cymbalista's business, 09 September 1940 and 05 December 1940; - Official letter sent by a military supervisor to Abraham Cymbalista in Lens, regarding the liquidation of expropriations and markets [?] in Paris, 21 March 1941; - Card attesting to Abraham Cymbalista's participation in a compensation fund for self-employed...

File Number : 540

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Transport List

Language : French

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File Number : 8666

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Survey prepared by Dr. Naomi Cassuto regarding the Jewish Scouts in France including a character study of Leo Cohn, the educator, a native in Luebeck, Germany, during the Holocaust

Survey prepared by Dr. Naomi Cassuto regarding the Jewish Scouts in France including a character study of Leo Cohn, the educator, a native in Luebeck, Germany, during the Holocaust [Leo Cohn, born in Luebeck, Germany, the grandson of Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Carlebach (1845-1919)] Family life including his period of office as a member of the Luebeck City Council; emigration of the family from Germany to Strasbourg France, 1932; activities in a Brit Hanoar camp in La Houve in the Moselle region at the invitation of Paul Roitman; the family makes aliya to Eretz Israel, 1932; remaining in France in order to bring...

File Number : 171

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent by Robert Levy, apparently from Drancy camp, France, to his friend, Robert Dumas, 08 November 1943

Letter sent by Robert Levy, apparently from Drancy camp, France, to his friend, Robert Dumas, 08 November 1943 - Robert Levy works in his profession as a chemical engineer, asking after the well-being of Robert Dumas, Jacqueline and Claude and their parents; - Letter from the Archives at the Buchenwald Memorial Museum explaining that the political prisoner, Robert Levy is a French Jew and his number is 123217; transfer to Buchenwald from Auschwitz, 26 January 1945; it is possible that writing Buchenwald West as the address of the sender is a code name for Auschwitz. Note: Robert Levy, born in...

File Number : 2060

Type of Material : Document, Letter

Language : French, German

Letters written by Fanny Rigel in Gennes to her parents and sisters Ginette and Rose in Paris, June-July 1942

Letters written by Fanny Rigel in Gennes to her parents and sisters Ginette and Rose in Paris, June-July 1942 Two letters sent to her parents and sister, Ginette, June 1942, and a third letter sent to Rose, 20 July 1942. Note: Fanny Rigel escaped from Paris to Gennes in early 1942; she lived in Gennes with her husband and two children; her husband was arrested and deported to Auschwitz; at that time, her baby son was six months old (and her daughter was three); she relates that the Gestapo man had pity on her because she was the mother of two small children, and did not arrest her, too; her husband...

File Number : 2052

Type of Material : Letter

Language : French

Letters written by Regine Leuchter from Drancy camp to a woman friend in Murat, including a note thrown by Regine from a car when she was detained, and a letter from the woman who collected the note, June-July 1943 - Note written by Regine Leuchter to her friend Alice Ferrieres in Murat, which she threw from a car while being detained in Clermont Ferrand, June 1943; - Letter sent to Alice Ferrieres by the woman who picked up the note, with a description of the circumstances of Regine Leuchter's detention; - Three letters sent by Regine Leuchter to Alice Ferrieres from Drancy camp, June-July...

File Number : 1964

Type of Material : Note, Letter

Language : French

Official documentation confirming that Salomon Hersz Sturm from Besancon, France, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1901, perished in Jawischowitz camp, 15/07/1944, and that his daughter Berthe, born in Besancon, France, 1931, perished in Auschwitz, 28/06/1943 The file includes a registration document issued to the Sturm family in Besancon, 09 March 1931, with details that were registered, 1947-1949, regarding the death of Salomon Hersz and Berthe and the dates of their deaths; The file includes a survivors certificate for Jozsef Kemeny from Budapest, born in Seregelyes, Hungary, 1903, testifying to his...

File Number : 1414

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Personal Documents, Record of Survivors, Record of Murdered Persons, Official Documentation

Language : French

Death certificates of Messod Cohen, born in Fez, Morocco, 1896, and his family members, residents of Paris, France, including a census record of the Jews in Morocco from the Casablanca municipality, with the name Raphael Cohen, dated, 03/10/1941 Death certificates issued in Paris, 06-07 March 1947, confirming the detention of Messod Cohen and his deportation to Drancy, 03 June 1942; his deportation to Auschwitz, 22 June 1942; detention of his wife Jeanne (Radziejewski) Cohen, born in 1897, and their daughter Yolanda Fanny, born in 1924, [in Drancy], 23 January 1943; deportation of his wife and daughter to...

File Number : 1413

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Record of Murdered Persons, Death Certificate

Language : French

Memoirs of Michel Adler, born in Lublin, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Paris, Clermont Ferrand, Courpiere, while using a false identity in Boissejour, and in other places

Memoirs of Michel Adler, born in Lublin, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Paris, Clermont Ferrand, Courpiere, while using a false identity in Boissejour, and in other places Life in Paris until autumn, 1942; life in Clermont Ferrand; life in Courpiere; life in Clemensat; life in Boissejoiur while using a false identity; detention along with his mother; transfer to a prison in Royat with his mother, August 1944; transfer to a prison in Clermont with his mother; escape from a deportation train; His parents: Bencjon Benzion Adler, born in Lublin, Poland, 1897; Malka (Fiszman) Adler, born in...

File Number : 8326

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Documentation regarding the Gingold family including the last letters written by Dora (Gingold) Buchband, an identity card for Leo Gingold, an official letter regarding the fate of Dora and more, 1941-2007 - Last letters written by Dora (Gingold) Buchband, deported from Drancy camp to Auschwitz where she perished, 11 February 1943; - Official letter regarding the fate of Dora (Gingold) Buchband including information regarding the Transport that took her to the extermination camp, 1958; - Identity card for Leo Gingold, issued in Paris, 04 September 1941; - Documentation regarding the Gingold family...

File Number : 1670

Type of Material : Article, Letter, Identity Card, Record of Murdered Persons

Language : French, English, German

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