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Testimony of Irene (Samuel) Kligsberg Navon, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, Bayonne, Toulouse, Vichy and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Irene (Samuel) Kligsberg Navon, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, Bayonne, Toulouse, Vichy and other places Life before the war; from a traditional family. German occupation, May 1940; unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into France illegally; escape to the southern Pyrenean mountains due to her uncle's Polish passport; escape to Bayonne, June 1940; life in Bayonne including a request to the Portuguese embassy; help from a taxi driver; hidden by farmers in the mountains; division of France, June 1940; escape to Toulouse; escape to Vichy;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Claude Kahn, born in Roubaix, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a young child in Limoges, Lyon and hidden by non-Jews

Testimony

Testimony of Claude Kahn, born in Roubaix, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a young child in Limoges, Lyon and hidden by non-Jews His family was from Germany. German occupation; escape to Limoges; move to Lyon; arrest of his father by the French militia, 1944; arrest of his mother; hidden by non-Jewish family friends; liberation. The fate of his family; adoption by his aunt, 1945; life after the war; studies in a dormitory school; medical studies and work as a physician in Nancy; starts a family in 1963; aliya to Israel, 1979.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Marcel Langer, born in Szuczyn, Poland, 1903; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Marcel Langer, born in Szuczyn, Poland, 1903; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Detention in a British prison in Eretz Israel; move to France; move from Paris to Toulouse, 1931; life in Toulouse including integration into the Polish-Jewish community; joins MOI (Immigrant Work Force), the Communist organization; combat in the Spanish Civil War, 1936. Deportation to the Argeles Sur Mer camp; transfer to Gurs; escape from the camp; escape to Toulouse; joins the Communist underground within the framework of MOI; arrested while carrying a suitcase filled with...

File Number : 123

Type of Material : Article, Photograph, Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : French

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

Jean-Claude Lieber, born in Grenoble, France, 1922; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Jean-Claude Lieber, born in Grenoble, France, 1922; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Grenoble; Jewish underground activities (providing forged documents), from 1942; life in Vercors including joining the FFI (Interior French Forces) underground; detention by the French militia; murdered by shooting in the prison in Die by a militiaman after being identified as a Jew, 31 July 1944. In the file: - Photograph of Jean-Claude Lieber; - Excerpt from a testimony.

File Number : 77

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Robert Jabtko, born in Paris, France, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Robert Jabtko, born in Paris, France, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the aliya training farm in Lautrec; joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in the Tarn region; joins the Marc Haguenau regiment of La Sixieme (the Sixth); shot to death by the French militia; burial in Labruyere in the Tarn region; 03 June 1944; reinterred in Bagneux. In the file: - Photograph of Robert Jabtko; - Personal information page.

File Number : 71

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Maurice Schlisselman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1880; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Maurice Schlisselman, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1880; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Enlists in the French Army during World War I; establishment of Jewish organizations; membership in the Society des Amis de Varsovie (Association of Friends of Warsaw); founding of the FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France) with other notable people; resistance activities in the Lyons area; arrest in Rillieux; execution in Rillieux by the French militia, 29 June 1944. In the file: - Portraits of Maurice Schlisselman; - Excerpts from testimonies; -...

File Number : 55

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : French

Roger Gradwohl, born in Pfaffenhoffen, France, 1923, known as Frachet; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Roger Gradwohl, born in Pfaffenhoffen, France, 1923, known as Frachet; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); arrested by the French militia in Saint Flour before joining the Maquis with his brother; executed by shooting in Saint Flour, along with his brother, 14 June 1944; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance and the Croix de Guerre. Also in the file: - Page of Testimony in his name.

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Marcel Gradwohl, born in Pfaffenhoffen, France, 1921, known as Girdal; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Marcel Gradwohl, born in Pfaffenhoffen, France, 1921, known as Girdal; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); arrested by the French militia in Saint Flour while en route with his brother to join the Maquis, 10 August 1944; executed by shooting, along with his brother, 14 June 1944; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance and the Croix de Guerre. Also in the file: - Page of Testimony in his name.

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Page of Testimony, Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Jacques Salomonovitz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Jacques Salomonovitz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Arrest by the French militia, 22 July 1944; death from torture.

File Number : 29

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : French

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