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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

Documentation belonging to Robert Gamzon in France, 1944-1945

Documentation belonging to Robert Gamzon in France, 1944-1945 In the file: - Documentation regarding Eclaireurs Israélites de France (EIF – Jewish Scouts in France) from the time of the Maquis in France; - Letters from Robert Gamzon regarding the establishment of the "Orsay" School; - Questionnaires related to enlisting an administration for the "Orsay" School.

File Number : 515

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Article, Original

Language : French

Leo Cohn, born in Luebeck, Germany, 1913: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Leo Cohn, born in Luebeck, Germany, 1913: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground activities as part of EIF (French Jewish Scouts); life in Toulouse; plans the transfer of a group of Jewish men to Eretz Israel via Spain; detention at the Saint-Cyprien railroad station, 17 May 1944; life in prison in Saint-Cyprien; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz with a group of children under his protection on Transport 77, 30 July 1944; perishes during a death march. In the file: - Last letter written by Leo Cohn to Robert Gamzon, 27 July 1944; -...

File Number : 7

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

Language : French

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (Papirman) Ashkenazi, born in Paris, 1927, regarding her experiences in Paris, in a children's home operated by the UGIF, and in hiding with a family of farmers in the Marne region Her family is of Russian-Polish origin; transfer to Paris in the 1920's; draft of her father to the French Army at the outbreak of the war; evacuation of her mother and the children to the Bretagne region; return to Paris; anti-Jewish legislation; her father's capture; detention in the Pithiviers and Drancy camps; advance warning from a senior police officer about the large round-up in July 1942; hiding in a...

File Number : 11194

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports regarding Eclaireurs Israelites de France (EIF – Jewish Scouts in France) activity in France, 1940-1944

Reports regarding Eclaireurs Israelites de France (EIF – Jewish Scouts in France) activity in France, 1940-1944 In the file: Reports regarding EIF activities in southern France and in centers in Viarose, Lautrec, Moissac and Taluyers EIF Activity Reports Also in the file: - Speeches made by Robert Gamzon before the EIF in Mulhouse, 1935 (recorded on an audio tape); - Report regarding activities of the Service Social des Jeunes Clandestins (La Sixieme) (The Sixth - Underground network of the EIF) Social Department of the Undercover Youth (the Sixth), 1942; - Agreement regarding cooperation with...

File Number : 134

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Murdered Persons, Survey Report

Language : French

Testimony of Noah Avraham Neuman Neeman, born in Breslau, 1922, regarding his experiences on a farm in Bruguieres, in Lautrec and activities in the French underground

Testimony

Testimony of Noah Avraham Neuman Neeman, born in Breslau, 1922, regarding his experiences on a farm in Bruguieres, in Lautrec and activities in the French underground Life in Germany before the war. Forced transfer to Toulouse; life in Toulouse; restrictions on movement and life on a farm in Bruguieres; labor for a farmer; deportation of his mother to Auschwitz; joins the Jewish Scouts movement, E.I.F.; life using a false identity; life on a farm in Lautrec; move to an artists center in Revel; escape from a deportation train en route to forced labor in Germany, October 1943; joins the Maquis underground;...

File Number : 10790

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Zakai, born in Berlin, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in the French Foreign Legion and escape from France to Spain

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Zakai, born in Berlin, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in the French Foreign Legion and escape from France to Spain Move to Paris with his parents before the war. Enlists in the French Foreign Legion, 30 December 1939, service in North Africa until his release, 21 November 1940; return to France and registration for the foreign workers brigade, where he starts to learn Hebrew and keep Shabbat and commandments; labor; harsh conditions; escape from camp, 05 February 1942; changes his name and uses a false identity as Jan Wechsler, a POW who escaped from the Germans; meets his...

File Number : 10448

Type of Material : Testimony, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Maurice Bernsohn, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Jewish Scouts movement in Toulouse, Lautrec, in the Maquis, using a false identity, in Mazamet, Castres and in the French Army Activities in the Jewish Scouts movement in Toulouse; establishment of agricultural points by the Jewish Scouts movement, along with the movement's center in Lautrec under the administration of Robert Gamzon and Peleg, autumn 1940; employment of the scout trainees in agricultural, crafts and general education in a traditional atmosphere; receives budgets from the Vichy government as a...

File Number : 3473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Shimon Friedrich Hamel, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Jewish Scouts in France, Taluyers and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Shimon Friedrich Hamel, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Jewish Scouts in France, Taluyers and Switzerland Assimilated family; studies in the faculty for natural sciences; makes contact with the Jewish Scouts movement from the start of its establishment, 1923; influence of refugees from Germany on the pioneering education in the Scouts movement. Establishment of children's homes and agricultural aliya training groups with the outbreak of the war; meets with the head of the Scouts movement, Robert Gamzon; coordination of practical work; establishment and...

File Number : 3472

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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