Temoignage sur la resistance et la deportation and ceremonie d'inauguration du Square Marcel Rajmon

Identifier
irn500477
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0396
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Simon Rajman in 1994.

Scope and Content

Testimony, circa 50 pages, typescript, describing experiences of Rajman and his family, fighting in resistance in France during occupation, and deportation and survival in Buchenwald. Also includes documents, including copies of photographs and texts of speeches by local officials, at dedication of a square in Paris in 1994 named in honor of Rajman's brother, Marcel, who also fought in the resistance and was killed in 1944. Marcel was pictured on the "affiche rouge" of targeted resistance fighters ("L'Armee du crime") and portrayed in the 2009 film "Army of Crime" about the Manouchian group of partisans.

Genre

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.