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List of the students at "Maison des Roches", Le Chambon, before they were captured by the Gestapo, 1943

List of the students at "Maison des Roches", Le Chambon, before they were captured by the Gestapo, 1943 The list was compiled by the school's principal, Daniel Trocme, Righteous Among the Nations.

File Number : 510

Type of Material : List of Jews

Language : French

Fanny Gutwirth, born in La Haye, the Netherlands, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Fanny Gutwirth, born in La Haye, the Netherlands, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in the Grenoble area and afterwards in Nice; La Sixieme (the Sixth) activities including participation in activities to rescue children; arrest following being informed on, 1943; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 64, 07 December 1943; her death in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Fanny Gutwirth; - Testimony.

File Number : 211

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

Language : French

Ernst Ascher, born in Liebemuehl, Germany, 1921; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Ernst Ascher, born in Liebemuehl, Germany, 1921; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities in the Dutch underground, from 1944; smuggles inmates out of Westerbork; smuggles Jews and persecuted non-Jews into Belgium, France and Spain; arrested 19 July 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Buchenwald, 17 August 1944; liberation by the Allies. Return to the Netherlands, May 1945. In the file: - Summary of his activities.

File Number : 199

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : French

Edouard Rakowski; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Edouard Rakowski; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Moissac, April 1942; activities as treasurer for La Sixieme in the Auvillar area and St. Michel; maintains contact with Buckmaster and with the Quakers in Montauban and Marseilles; arrest with other people at St. Michel, 1943; detention in Toulouse; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 23 November 1943; nominated for the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Photograph of Edouard Rakowski; -Testimony.

File Number : 198

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

Language : French

Paulette Meyer, born in Paris, France, 1921, known as Cathos; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Paulette Meyer, born in Paris, France, 1921, known as Cathos; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins La Sixieme (the Sixth), December 1942; secretly transfers documents and newspapers between the Lot et Garonne and Haute Garonne districts; arranges hiding places for groups of children and adults; membership in the network directed by the British officer, Buckmaster; activities of network members in collecting parachuted parcels and weapons and distributing them; detention during an operation, 12 April 1943; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 55, 23 June...

File Number : 195

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

Language : French

Armand Gelmann, 1921; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Armand Gelmann, 1921; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in the Gers region including EIF (French Jewish Scouts) membership; life in the Lot et Garonne region including EIF membership; life in the Tarn et Garonne district including EIF membership; La Sixieme (the Sixth) membership; activities as contact person for Dr. Sigismond Hirsch; activities initiating contacts and finding hiding places for Jews; arrest by the Gestapo after he is informed on; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 58, 31 July 1943; nominated for the Medaille de la Resistance. In...

File Number : 194

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

Language : French

Leopold Waxmann; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Leopold Waxmann; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Underground MJS (Zionist Youth Movement) activities in Nice; arrest; deportation to Drancy, 1943.

File Number : 193

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter of Testimony

Language : French

Juliette Weil, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Juliette Weil, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in southern France including underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); rescue of children; detention by the Gestapo with other Jews in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation, 25 March 1943. In the file: - Photograph of Juliette Weil; - Testimonies.

File Number : 179

Type of Material : Excerpt(s), Official Documentation, Photograph

Language : French

Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life as the Rabbi in Neuilly, 1928. Outbreak of the war; Aumonerie des Hopitaux Militaire (Military Hospital Chaplaincy) activities; appointment as Rabbi for the Savoie region and the Haute Savoie region after 1940; activities on behalf of refugees with his wife; thwarting arrests and deportations of Jews; help from the local church in thwarting arrests and deportations; arranges for the transfer of families to Switzerland; arrest in Annemasse while illegally crossing the...

File Number : 170

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

Language : French

Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as Rabbi of the Versailles Jewish community, 1935; activities as Rabbi of the Dijon Jewish community, 1939; life in Dole including finding living quarters for refugees, from 1940. Escape to Perigueux; activities in Perigueux including aid to refugees; receives permission to visit camps and groups of foreign workers; supplies food to deportees on transports en route to Drancy and Pithiviers; finding hiding places for children; activities as contact person with the...

File Number : 166

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation, Photograph, Letter of Testimony

Language : French

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