Selected individual files of children under the care of Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE)

Identifier
irn37223
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.78
  • RG-43.113M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37223

Extent and Medium

5,145 digital images, JPEG

67 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Creator(s)

  • Katy Hazan

Archival History

Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants, Archives et Histoire

Acquisition

Records from the various children’s homes and the main office of the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (France). Persons now living in the US, formerly cared for by OSE, made a written request in 2004 to have their files at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archival Programs in May 2009.

Scope and Content

Contains files of people who had been under OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants) care in France during the occupation, and who in 2003 were living in the United States. Included is documentation on their Holocaust-era biographies, subsequent correspondence on emigration to the U.S., and information on non-Jewish families that hid children.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants, Archives et Histoire

Corporate Bodies

  • Union O.S.E.
  • World Union OSE

Subjects

  • France
  • Jews--Persecutions--France.
  • Orphanages--France.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • Jewish orphans--France.
  • France--Ethnic relations.
  • Jewish children--Medical care--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
  • Case files.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Archives de l'OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants)

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants, Archives et Histoire

  • Archives de l'OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants)

    USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives de l'OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants) grouped under "Selected records from the Archives of the OSE". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description