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Rabbi Samuel Samy Klein, born in Hombourg, France, 1915: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Rabbi Samuel Samy Klein, born in Hombourg, France, 1915: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II A member of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) national leadership; joins the Maquis; execution by the Germans in the Saint-Etienne prison, 07 July 1944. In the file: - Article regarding Rabbi Samuel Klein's activities by Frederic (Shimon) Hammel, known as Chameau; - Testimony of Juliette Vidal; - Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: 7646/12.

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter of Testimony, Article, Photograph

Language : French

Documentation from 1942-1969 regarding activities of the "L'Aide aux Meres" children's home in the Chamonix area, France, 1944-1947

File Number : 330

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Newspaper, Record of Survivors

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

Personal documentation of Frederic Hammel (Shimon Hammel) , including certificates, documents, letters and photographs, 1940-1965

Personal documentation of Frederic Hammel (Shimon Hammel) , including certificates, documents, letters and photographs, 1940-1965 In the file: - Pages from the training facility journal at Taluyers and a survey regarding the Jewish Scouts in France (EIF); - Two wills written by Rabbi Samy Klein and a section from a letter regarding the fate of some of the underground members who were deported to Auschwitz and Stutthof, 24 May 1944; - Letters to Shimon Hammel from Henri and Denise Levi, and Shimon Hammel's words in their memory, 08 May 1940-24 May 1943; - Photographs from the training facility at...

File Number : 137

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Identity Card, Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : French

Testimony

Collective testimony of Juliette Vidal, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Lyon, France, 1904, and Marie Antoinette Marinette Guy, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Lyon, France, 1904, regarding their experiences in Chamonix and St. Etienne Life in Chamonix including activities in a children's institution and rescuing Jewish children; life in St. Etienne including rescue of children in the l'aide Aux Meres institution; activities with the OSE; activities with the La Sixieme movement; activities with Jewish educators and a rabbi; help from a Catholic priest and a female member of the French underground.

File Number : 3354

Type of Material : Testimony, Diary

Language : French

Diary kept by Suzanne (Bloch) Levy in France, 1939-1945; letters sent by Paule Levy in Vichy to her father in a Stalag, 1940-1941; letter sent by Samy Klein to Paule Levy in Viremoulin, 1944

Diary kept by Suzanne (Bloch) Levy in France, 1939-1945; letters sent by Paule Levy in Vichy to her father in a Stalag, 1940-1941; letter sent by Samy Klein to Paule Levy in Viremoulin, 1944 Suzanne Levy's diary: - Diary kept by Suzanne (Bloch) Levy, 1939-1945, containing information regarding members of her family and their fate, addresses, a list of trips, a list of purchases, information on sending parcels, recipes, and more: Arrival of Jacques' father in Vichy, 07 August 1940; release of her husband Jacques from German captivity, May 1941; move from Vichy to Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, 09 October 1941;...

File Number : 10279

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Diary

Language : French, German