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  1. Postwar visionary painting commemorating the first deportation of Jews from Drancy by a Turkish Jewish woman who witnessed the event

    Mystical oil painting created by Louise Abouaf Starr in 2003 to commemorate March 27, 1942, the day she witnessed the first deportation of Jewish prisoners from Drancy via train from Paris. The colorful painting features train cars loaded with prisoners surrounded by symbolic images of angels, animals, and the Torah. On March 27, Louise, age 23, and her mother went to the station looking for her father and brother. They were warned not to go onto the platform, since German soldiers threatened to shoot unauthorized persons. They bought a ticket and snuck onto quay one and hid under a corner ...

  2. France Forever laminated pin with a V and US & French flags owned by a Jewish French resistance member

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

    France Forever (France Quand-Meme) laminated pin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. The paper pin has a graphic design with the Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of French resistance, a V for victory, and intertwined US and French flags. French Forever, the fighting French Comittee in America, was an association of French persons in the US and American friends of France who supported the Free French and provisional government. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Y...

  3. FNDIRP blue and white striped stickpin owned by a French Jewish survivor

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

    FNDIRP blue and white striped stickpin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. FNDIRP (Federation Nationale des Deportes et Internes, Resistances et Patriotes) is an association formed in France after the war by those who returned from the camps and those who resisted the German occupiers to honor their service and the memory of those who did not survive. The pin has an enameled prisoner number 178284 and the stripes are reminiscent of concentration camp uniforms. France surrendered to and was o...

  4. FNDIRP commemorative striped badge engraved 178284 owned by a French Jewish survivor

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

    FNDIRP blue and white striped pin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. FNDIRP (Federation Nationale des Deportes et Internes, Resistances et Patriotes) is an association formed in France after the war by those who returned from the camps and those who resisted the German occupiers to honor their service and the memory of those who did not survive. The pin is engraved with prisoner number 178284 and the stripes are reminiscent of concentration camp uniforms. France surrendered to and was occup...

  5. ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) lapel badge owned by a Jewish member of the French resistance

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

    ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) ground support staff lapel pin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. ATA was a multinational civilian organization of volunteer pilots that ferried British warplanes from factories to the frontlines. The pin bears the motto Unique et Ubique and features an eagle and intertwined British and French flags. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Yvonne was arrested by the Gestapo for her resistance work on September 1, 1943, in the Rivier...

  6. FFI Free French pin engraved 193476 awarded to a Jewish resistance member

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

    FFI (Forces Francaises de l'Interieur/ French Forces of the Interior) pin awarded to Yvonne Klug by the Committee of Liberation on July 7, 1946, for her acts of resistance against the German occupiers of France. Yvonne was imprisoned for her resistance activities in France and in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from 1943-1945. FFI was a confederation of French resistance organizations. The pin is engraved with the number 193476 and features the double barred Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of the resistance. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Yvonne was a...

  7. FNDIRP engraved commemorative medal with box awarded to a French Jewish survivor

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn77698
    • English
    • a: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)

    FNDIRP medal with an engraved relief and presentation box awarded to Yvonne Klug Redgis, to honor her experience as a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Yvonne was a member of the French resistance imprisoned in France and Auschwitz II from 1943-1945. FNDIRP (Federation Nationale des Deportes et Internes, Resistances Deportes) is an association formed in France after the war by those who returned from the camps and those who resisted the German occupiers to honor their service and the memory of those who did not survive. The medal is engraved to Madame Klug and has a relief ...

  8. Mickey Gliksberg. Collection

    This collection contains the following documents: the ketubah of Meyer Gliksberg and Sura Blumenkranz, 1919 ; photocopies of two letters from the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) to Meyer Gliksberg regarding luggage lost during the flight in May 1940 ; a file (6 documents and 6 photos) concerning the hiding of Mickey (Michla) Gliksberg at the pensionnat Saint-Charles in Herseaux, including photos of the site, the nuns and post-war photos of Mickey Gliksberg with other Jewish girls hidden at the convent ; a photocopy of a note dated 1943, sent by Henri, a fellow-prisoner of Mi...

  9. Two-sided drawing of men in a canteen and a portrait of a woman by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn119
    • English
    • 1940
    • a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) b: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Drawings of men in a canteen and a woman at Gurs internment camp, drawn by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewis...

  10. Two-sided drawing of women in barracks and woman doubled over by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn104
    • English
    • 1940
    • a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) b: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Two-sided drawing of women in Gurs internment camp, drawn by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Li...

  11. Charles Benedictus. Collection

    This collection contains: the birth certificate of Esther Benedictus (paternal grandmother of Charles Benedictus), 1840 ; a municipal certificate issued to Samson and Esther Benedictus (paternal grandparents of Charles Benedictus), 1868 ; the wedding booklet of Samson and Esther Benedictus, 1868 ; a Dutch passport issued to Esther Benedictus, 1918 ; pre-war promotional material for cigar factory Primus inter Pares, owned by the Benedictus family, including a deck of cards, a brochure and a catalogue ; a collage of the I. [Isaac] Benedictus - Primus inter Pares brand cigar bands ; a municipa...

  12. Papers of the Institute of Jewish Affairs

    The records of the Institute of Jewish Affairs have been divided into five main sections, as MSS 237-41, maintaining the subject arrangement that the Institute used for its documentation collections. The records of the London office and British section of the World Jewish Congress are distributed in several places in this arrangement. The archive contains: MS 237: information from the press and other sources MS 238: minute books, together with correspondence files of the London office of the World Jewish Congress, largely for 1933-53, but principally 1942-53 MS 239: correspondence files of ...

  13. Quaker relief work in France

    Title card, cut off: “no means clear: problems of immense complexity remain. The wounds go deeper than we often know.” Cars drive around Place Vendome. The Pantheon. “Paris! Spared as few other capitals in Europe. A feast of beauty to the eye, but a cloak that hides the sufferings of France.” Civilians on the streets. Bridges over the Seine. A map of France, highlighting Le Havre, Caen, Montauban, Toulouse, Perpignan, Marseilles, Paris. An incoming train. A sign for Montauban. A bridge over the Tarn River. “Quaker Relief in Montauban is typical of services in many French cities. Undernouris...

  14. Alison Owings papers

    1. Alison Owings collection

    The Alison Owings collection consists of correspondence, transcripts, audio recordings, clippings, reviews, and other research and editorial materials created and/or collected by Alison Owings, during the research, writing, and publication of her book "Frauen: Women in the Third Reich" (Rutgers University Press, 1993). Collection includes transcripts of interviews and interview notes; audio recordings; correspondence with interviewees, scholars, and others who were involved with or advised on the research; and correspondence, reviews, and other material related to the publication of the book.

  15. Elizabeth Koenig papers

    1. Elizabeth Kaufmann Koenig collection

    The Elizabeth Koenig papers consist of a letter from HIAS-JCA Emigration Association to Fritz Kaufmann; an autograph book including photographs of children in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon; Elizabeth’s diary describing her life in France from February to July 1940; a 1939 map of the Hautes-Pyrénées; photographs of Elizabeth, her brother, and the La Guespy children’s house in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon; and a school report Elizabeth wrote and illustrated after arriving in America about France under the occupation. Correspondence consists of a single letter from HIAS-JCA Emigration Association in Marseill...

  16. Silk escape map of France owned by a US soldier

    1. Ralph M. Kopansky collection

    British topographical silk escape map of France acquired by Captain Ralph M. Kopansky during his service as a US soldier in Europe from 1944 - 1945. Britain’s Military Intelligence Section, MI9, ran an escape and evasion program that issued this type of map to help soldiers find their way to safety if caught behind enemy lines. Silk maps were used because they were durable, made no noise, and were easy to conceal when carried by a soldier or smuggled into a prisoner of war camp in a board game or record. On September 22, 1941, Ralph, an Army reservist, enlisted for active duty. Following Ja...

  17. Roma documents from the Otto Pankok Museum, Düsseldorf

    Contains information relating primarily to Otto Pankok and his strong interest in Roma, especially Roma of Düsseldorf, Germany. Of special interest in the collection are articles relating to the artwork and career of Otto Pankok and his play "Wie Wir Leben."

  18. Group portrait of Jewish youth on vacation

    1. Lucie S. Rosenberg collection

    The photograph depicts a group of Jewish youth vacationing in Novi Vinodolski, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) during the summer of 1939. Sitting from left, in front row: Ksenja Raic, Lucie Rosenberg's mother, Fritzi Blis later Miroslava Despot, and Erna Singer Simic. Standing in the back row, from left: three sons of Erna Singer Simic and third from left is Mario Sternberg Sorel [donor's brother].

  19. Photograph of students on a graduation trip

    1. Lucie S. Rosenberg collection

    The photograph depicts two rows of students seated together in a boat on a high school graduation trip in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) during the summer of 1940. Pictured from left to right in back row: unknown; Mladen Frölich killed; Mrs. Zavrtnik; her daughter, Ljubica Zavrtnik; Branka Marić; and unknown. From left to right in front row: Fedora [Feja] Frank; Renata Andres; Ivanka Roskamb; unknown; Lucie Sternberg [donor]; Mirjana Vidaković; Zora Kreutzer; and unknown man standing.

  20. Soviet film of atrocities shown at Nuremberg Trials

    1. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    7 reels. This Soviet-made film was screened on February 19, 1946 on the 62nd day of the Nuremberg Trial and submitted as evidence relevant to the indictment for "crimes against humanity." The one-hour film with voiceover commentary shows visual evidence of the extermination camps of Auschwitz and Majdanek and appeals to spectators' emotions by emphasizing individual victims. The central argument of the film is that the Germans were the executioners of peaceful Soviet citizens. At the time, it made a very strong impression on both the accused and press. The film is a re-edited compilation of...