Charles Martin Roman papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
15 photographic negatives,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charles Roman
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Charles Martin Roman donated the Charles Martin Roman collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2010.
Scope and Content
The Charles Martin Roman collection consists of photographs, documents, and identity paperwork related to the Holocaust experiences of Carl (Carlo) Roman, now Charles Roman. The photographs depict his pre-war life in Vienna, images of Carl and his mother with a group of Jews on an escape over the Alps to Italy from the Italian-occupied zone of France in September 1943, family photographs, and photographs of the OSE-run Font-Romeu camp and Montintin children's home. Includes Carl's identity paperwork, a falsified document stating that Marianne Roman authorized Carl to leave the OSE children's home, and correspondence. Also includes photographic negatives of images of Jewish refugees in Italy in the fall of 1943.
System of Arrangement
The Charles Martin Roman collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Roman, Charles Martin.
- Roman, Marianne.
Corporate Bodies
- World Union OSE
Subjects
- Italy.
- France.
- Refugees.
- Skiing.
- Holocaust survivors.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
- Identification card.
- Correspondence.