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Letters written by children to Marguerite Goldschmidt, the wife of the president of the Red Cross in Belgium, who transferred the children from an orphanage in Belgium to a children's home in the "La Hille" villa in France Comment: The illegal immigration of children to the United States or Switzerland was done by the Swiss Red Cross department for the rescue of children (Secours Suisse aux enfants) with the help of HICEM and Rabbi Ansbacher.

File Number : 1228

Language : French, German

Booklet by Ruth Lambert regarding children in Gurs, memoirs of Dr. Gaston Levy, the pediatrician, from the war period, memorandum regarding OSE (Oeuvre de Secours Aux Enfants) activities in southern France and more In the file: Booklet A: - Memoirs of Ruth Lambert regarding children in Gurs, 16 December 1984; - Memorandum written by an unknown author, June 1943 regarding OSE activities in southern France, June 1940-April 1943; - Summary by Abbe Albert Gross regarding the Gurs camp, late 1943; - Report by an unknown author regarding the activities of Dr. Gaston Levy in Gurs, 05 December 1942-01...

File Number : 141

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Survey Report

Language : French

Memoirs of Peter Salz, born in Berlin in 1926, regarding his experiences in children's homes in Belgium and France and in Le Vernet camp, and documentation regarding children's homes and the Salz and Elsbach families

Transfer of Peter Salz to a children's home in Belgium at the outbreak of the war; escape to Seyre in the unoccupied zone of France in 1940; escape to Château de la Hille thanks to Mr. Dubois, director of the organization Secours Suisse aux Enfants; deportation to Le Vernet camp and release thanks to the intervention of Mr. Dubois and Rosa Näf; escape by train to Annemasse with Margot Kern, Regina Rosenblatte and Jacques Roth in December 1942; escape to a Secours Suisse aux Enfants children's home in Saint Cergues; escape to Switzerland; stay in a refugee camp in Lausanne and later in Zurich and Geneva;...

File Number : 11846

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs, Marriage Certificate, Certification, Personal Records, List of Jewish Children, Letter, List of Jewish Residents, List of Jews, Article, B.a. Thesis, Testimony, Envelope

Language : French, German

To be translated

תעוד של Margot Leyser ילידת 1908 Berlin שהונפק בצרפת ב-1960-1944 על עבודתה ב-Quakers, ב-Secours Suisse aux enfants ובבתי ילדים של ה-OSE

File Number : 1719

Type of Material : Curriculum Vitae (cv), Certification, Declaration

Language : French

Correspondence between Hilda and Anny Krieser in Pringy, and Perla Krieser at the Rivesaltes camp and on the deportation train near Toulouse, and Salomon Krieser in the GTE Battalion in France; documentation pertaining to the Krieser family

Correspondence between Hilda and Anny Krieser in Pringy, and Perla Krieser at the Rivesaltes camp and on the deportation train near Toulouse, and with Salomon Krieser in the GTE Battalion in France; documentation pertaining to the Krieser family Translations into English and Hebrew of letters regarding the Krieser family (Also a few postcards in German): Letters written by Hilda and Anny Krieser in the children's home in Pringy: - To their mother, Perla Krieser, in the Rivesaltes camp, 16 November 1941-17 May 1942; - To their father, Salomon Krieser, in the Agde camp, 25 August 1942; the postcard was...

File Number : 4315

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Biography, Certification

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Report, titled, ''Visite au camp de Gurs'', written by Rodolfo Olgiati following his visit in Gurs camp and Argelès camp on 16/01/1941

Report, titled, ''Visite au camp de Gurs'', written by Rodolfo Olgiati following his visit in Gurs camp and Argelès camp on 16/01/1941 Mr. Olgiati, a Swiss citizen, served as secretary of the Service Civil International - SCI. The report includes information regarding Gurs camp, a description of the camp and its living conditions, and a report prepared by a nun, Elsbeth Kasser, from the Secours Suisse aux enfants, who stayed in Gurs camp as a volunteer starting on 22/12/1940 in order to help the inmates and, in particular, the children; Included in the file: Information sheet, distributed in...

File Number : 10765

Type of Material : Reports, Testimony

Language : French