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Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles with her husband, Rabbi Rene Hirschler; her husband's activities as Chief Rabbi of the camps in France; rescue activities with her husband; arrested by the Gestapo with her husband, 23 December 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; perishes in Auschwitz with her husband; awarded the Croix de Guerre. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Hirschler; - Documents; - Personal documents; - Testimonies.

File Number : 101

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

Language : French

Rabbi Rene Hirschler, born in Marseilles, France, 1905; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

Rabbi Rene Hirschler, born in Marseilles, France, 1905; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Serves as the Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg; activities as Rabbi for the inmates of the camps in southern France; life in Marseilles including arrest with his wife, 23 December 1943; deportation to prison in Saint Pierre; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; his wife's death in Auschwitz; his death in Block 2 (the clinic) in Ebensee; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance. Also in the file: -Testimonies regarding Rabbi and Ms. Hirschler; - Articles...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : French

Collection of documents regarding aid and welfare provided by Rabbi Robert Sylvain Sommer during the occupation as part of the Association Consistoriale Israelite de Paris (ACIP - Association for the religious affairs of the Jews of Paris), 1986

Collection of documents regarding rescue activities and aid provided by Robert Sylvain Sommer during the occupation of France as part of the Association Consistoriale Israelite de Paris (ACIP - Association for the religious affairs of the Jews of Paris), 1986

File Number : 345

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

Language : Hebrew, French

Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) documentation, 1940-1944

Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) documentation, 1940-1944 In the file: Correspondence with religious leaders in France regarding providing help to the communities and the Jews; copy of a letter from Marc Boegner, Chairman of the National Council of the Protestant Church in France to the Chief Rabbi of France deploring the antisemitic policy of the Vichy government, 26 March 1941. Also in the file: - Lists of rabbis, ritual circumcisers, cantors and members of Jewish congregations in France during the war; - Letters from Rabbi Isaie Schwartz, the Chief...

File Number : 118

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Names

Language : French, German

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud correspondence regarding various lobbying efforts with the Vichy government, participation in welfare budgets, relations with the Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews), desecration of a synagogue in Nice and more, 1942-1944 The material was created by: UGIF, Zone Sud General Manager Central Consistory of French Jews In the file: UGIF correspondence regarding various lobbying efforts with the Vichy government, participation in welfare budgets and relations with the...

File Number : 150

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : French

Reports submitted by Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy) rabbis regarding the camps, 1942-1943

Reports submitted by Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy) rabbis regarding the camps, 1942-1943 In the file: Seven reports submitted by Aumonerie Generale Israelite rabbis regarding their activities giving emotional assistance to detainees in different camps and in labor camps for foreigners as well as to the young people, incomplete. Also in the file: - Short reports regarding visits to various camps, 14 June-10 November 1943; - General report on activities, 1940-1945. For the names of the various camps and settlements visited by the rabbis, see Yad Vashem Archives Card...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Reports, List of Camp Inmates, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : French

Details regarding the Italian occupation in France, 1943

File Number : 113

Type of Material : Personal Records, Original, Report, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Yiddish

Correspondence of Robert Sommer in Haute Loire Departement, Toulouse, Mantauban, and Castres, 1943–1944

Correspondence of Robert Sommer in Haute Loire Departement, Toulouse, Mantauban, and Castres, 1943–1944 Correspondence of Robert Sommer with: - Rabbi René Hirshler in Marseille and Villeneuve-sur-Lot; - Consistoire central des israélites de France [General Consistory of the Israelites in France) in Lyon; - letter from Robert Sommer, February 1944, about the deportation of René Hirschler and his wife to the Drancy camp and the appointment of Rabbi Schilli as Aumônier [Chaplain] general; Information adduced from the correspondence: - Rabbi René Hirschler is Aumônier général des camps d'internement; -...

File Number : 5463

Type of Material : Brochure, Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Poster

Language : French, German