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Roger Appel, born in Paris, France, 1920; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Roger Appel, born in Paris, France, 1920; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) in Nice; activities as head of the laboratory producing forged documents in Lyons; capture and deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 67, 03 February 1944; perishes in the camp. Also in the file: - Telegram in German regarding the capture of underground activists including, in France: - Germaine Meyer; - Claude Guttmann; - Jankiel Wajntrob; -Roger Appel.

File Number : 20

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

Language : French, German

Jacob Weintraub, born in Tarczyn, Poland, 1920, known as Jacques Wister; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Jacob Weintraub, born in Tarczyn, Poland, 1920, known as Jacques Wister; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Nice; activities as commander of an MJS (Zionist Youth Movement) regiment; participation in preparation of forged documents; organizes the smuggling of children into Switzerland; arrest with Jacques Marburger, 23 September 1943; release from detention; forgets to take a folder with documents after the Gestapo interrogation and goes back to get it; arrested again; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 28 October 1943. Also in the...

File Number : 16

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

Language : French, German

Max Windmueller, born in Emden, Germany, 1920, known as Cor: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Max Windmueller, born in Emden, Germany, 1920, known as Cor: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground activities in the Dutch underground from 1940; smuggles members of Maccabi Hatzair into Belgium and France; joins the Jewish underground in southern France; arrest in Paris, summer 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Buchenwald; transfer on a death march to Flossenbuerg; murdered by shooting during the death march, 21 April 1945. Also in the file: - Memorial booklet in memory of Max Windmueller in German; - Article regarding Windmueller's...

File Number : 15

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Study Guide, Letter, Photograph

Language : Hebrew, French, German

Raymond Winter, born Strasbourg, France, 1923, known as le petit: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Raymond Winter, born Strasbourg, France, 1923, known as le petit: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Forging documents; looking for hiding places for young and old; assistance to Rabbi Schilli in caring for Jewish inmates in camps in the Montpellier area; taken captive in Saint Flour with Edgar Levy and his two cousins, Roger and Emmanuel Gradwohl, 10 June 1944; murdered by shooting along with 22 non-Jewish underground members at Soubizegues near Saint Flour, 14 June 1944. Also in the file: - Testimony of Annette Minna Maryan; - Article from Shimon...

File Number : 14

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

Language : French

Raymond Levy-Seckel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1912, known as Leblond; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Raymond Levy-Seckel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1912, known as Leblond; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Lespinassiere including activities as the local Maquis commander; activities as the commander of the Corps Franc de la Montagne Noire commando; taken captive by the Germans, 04 August 1944; executed, 05 August 1944; awarded the Legion of Honor. Also in the file: - Copies of documents testifying that he had been awarded a decoration and a commendation from the De Gaulle government and the French Army - Article regarding Raymond Levy-Seckel.

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Commander of the underground AJ (Jewish Army); responsible for forging documents for the MLN (National Liberation Movement); taken captive by the Gestapo at Auteuil, 17 July 1944; 26 hours of torture and death. Also in the file: - Article by Michel Anski; - Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: Archival signature 7946/30 and 7646/31.

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Photograph, Personal Documents

Language : French

Edgard Levy, born in Metz, France, 1905, known as Etienne Sibille; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Edgard Levy, born in Metz, France, 1905, known as Etienne Sibille; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground activities as part of La Sixieme (the Sixth) including preparation of forged documents; search for hiding places for the young and the old; smuggling children; joins the Maquis underground with Robert Winter; capture in Saint Flour; executed by shooting along with 22 non-Jewish underground members in Soubizergues in the Cantal area, 14 June 1944. In the file: - Testimony regarding his activities; - Photograph of Edgard Levy.

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press and from letters, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, November-December 1942

Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press and from letters, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, November-December 1942 Poland: Orders regarding the establishment of ghettos in the Generalgouvernement and putting the ghettos into use; division into 53 ghettos in the 5 districts: Warsaw; Lublin (assuming that the Lublin Ghetto has already been liquidated); Krakow; Radom and Galicia; granting of freedom of choice of ghetto in the district to the Jews; exemption of Jews working in war-related occupations from living in the ghetto; imposition of the death penalty...

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Forged Certificato di residenza (residence permit) in the name of Giuliana Sala, issued in Rome, 02 November 1943

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Italian

Identity card of Matilde Bassani, born in 1943[?]; forged identity card in the name of Mario Bianchi, born in 1943[?], with a photograph of Ulisse Finzi, Italy

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Italian

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