Rabbi Samuel Stourdze, born in 1918, known as Samy; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Drafted into the French Army, 1939; completes an officers' training course in Saint Cyr, April 1940; distribution of Gaullist flyers and arrest, May 1941; completes his rabbinical studies at the Chamalieres Rabbinical Seminary; ordination as a Rabbi, 1941; joins the Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy); appointment as Assistant Rabbi in Clermont Ferrand; participates in underground activities; escape to Moissac, 1942; joins La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); arrest while accompanying a group of youth to the Spanish border, 1943; deportation to the prison in Orthez; deportation to the Merignac camp; transfer to Auschwitz, 28 July 1943; camp life including labor in the clothing warehouse and rescue from death; transfer to Warsaw, November 1943; life in Warsaw including labor clearing the rubble of the ghetto; beaten to death by a Kapo's assistant, a Greek Jew, January 1944. In the file: - Photograph of Rabbi Samuel Stourdze; - Testimonies.