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Testimony of Beila Beti Dornfest, born in Ulanow, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Brens Sur Gaillac, Rivesaltes, in hiding in Beaulieu Sur Mer and in a convent in Avezan

Testimony

Testimony of Beila Beti Dornfest, born in Ulanow, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Brens Sur Gaillac, Rivesaltes, in hiding in Beaulieu Sur Mer and in a convent in Avezan Displays of antisemitism before the war; emigration to Antwerp, 1938. German occupation, May 1940; escape to Hauterive in southern France with her family; deportation to Brens Sur Gaillac with the rest of the Jewish refugees; camp life; transfer to Rivesaltes; fear of the French guards; typhus and dysentery; smuggled out of Rivesaltes with help from the underground; life in a house owned by the Scouts movement in Beaulieu Sur...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Mason Harman, born in Valenciennes, France, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in western France and using a false identity in Valenciennes

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Mason Harman, born in Valenciennes, France, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in western France and using a false identity in Valenciennes Life before the war; life with a family without French citizenship. German occupation, June 1940; escape to western France; life in western France; escape back to the family home; life in Valenciennes including yellow badge; attends a public school; antisemitic propaganda in the press and on the radio; sending of parcels to family in Poland; registration of the Jews in the French police stations; German soldiers and French gendarmes break...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding Le Malzieu where Jews were hidden

Documentation regarding Le Malzieu where Jews were hidden In the file: - List of Jews who were in Le Malzieu, 1942; - List of Jews who were arrested by the Gestapo in the Lozere area; - Local police reports regarding arrests of Jews and their deportation to Gurs.

File Number : 456

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Deportees, List of Names, List of Jews, Newspaper Clippings, List of Persecuted Persons

Language : French

Testimony of Pinchas Filip Flaks, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1928, regarding his experiences in Rivesaltes and a dormitory in Versoix

Testimony

Testimony of Pinchas Filip Flaks, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1928, regarding his experiences in Rivesaltes and a dormitory in Versoix Life before the war. German occupation, May 1940; escape to Paris; escape to southern France; help from a Jewish assistance organization; move to the ORT dormitory in La Roche, late 1941; warning from French policemen regarding deportation of children; escape to the mountains of those designated for deportation; joins the Maquis; deportation of a group of youths from the dormitory; transfer to Rivesaltes; meets with his parents; deportation of his parents to Drancy, Rosh...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Boris Fraenkel; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Boris Fraenkel; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Senior member of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Toulouse; underground activities in the Sixieme (the Sixth) and the Bukmeister network from 1942; activities as EIF contact person with the local FTP-MOI (Fighters and Partisans - Immigrant Work Force); taken captive and murdered by the French militia, July 1943. In the file: - Personal information sheet.

File Number : 92

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : French

Andre Weingarten, born in Nancy, France, 1913; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Andre Weingarten, born in Nancy, France, 1913; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); membership in Joseph Bass' Reseau Andre (Service Andre); rescue of Jews in the Marseilles area; providing forged documents and finding hiding places; arrested with his wife at the time of the liberation when his neighbors inform on him; transfer to the Presentines prison in Marseilles with his wife; death in prison following severe torture; 14 September 1944. In the file: - Photograph of Andre...

File Number : 83

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

Language : French

Testimony of Henri Pisante, born in Paris, 1929, regarding his experiences in France

Testimony

Testimony of Henri Pisante, born in Paris, 1929, regarding his experiences in France Left Paris late July 1942; travel to Orthes in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques region using Aryan documents; interrogation in Kommandantur; release with the help of a German officer; arrival of the father to Grenoble in Isere; obtained baptismal certificates for the whole family; release of the father from Gurs camp; arrest of his mother, 01 October 1943; deportation to Drancy and from there to Auschwitz; travel to Grenoble. Arrest of the father after the liberation on suspicion of collaboration with the Germans; the father's...

File Number : 11354

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Documentation regarding the underground in southern France, 1944

Documentation regarding the underground in southern France, 1944 In the file: - Documentation regarding the partisans in Mazamet and the Sidobre area; - Orders of the Day and Intelligence data from the "Charles" group in the Castres area; Orders of the Day and data regarding the German forces and military objectives such as bridges, railroad tracks and other objectives, along with a map and a short report regarding activities that were carried out. Also in the file: - Intelligence data and operational orders against police collaborators, along with a poster, July-October 1944; - Anti-Nazi posters...

File Number : 288

Type of Material : Map, Survey Report

Correspondence regarding the initiation of judicial proceedings against a female collaborator from Nancy, 1947-1948

Correspondence regarding the initiation of judicial proceedings against a female collaborator from Nancy, 1947-1948 Correspondence regarding the initiation of judicial proceedings against Ms. Suzanne Rapp from Nancy on the charge of turning Jewish neighbors in to the Germans, 1943. Reverend Father de Conde, Notre Dame de Sion Aubenas (Ardeche)

File Number : 284

Type of Material : Letter

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud monthly reports regarding activities in the Nice and Montpellier area, and a research article regarding the persecution of the Jews in Nice, 1942-1944 The material was created by: 1st Department 1st Section; Montpellier, Dordogne and Nice Regional Services; Activity Reports In the file: - UGIF, Zone Sud monthly reports regarding activities in the Nice and Montpellier area. Also in the file: - "Five Months of Anti-Jewish Persecution" - a research article regarding the persecution of the Jews and the cooperation...

File Number : 178

Type of Material : Financial Accounts, Reports, Official Documentation

Language : French

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