Temoignage sur la resistance et la deportation and ceremonie d'inauguration du Square Marcel Rajmon
Extent and Medium
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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
- Document
- Personal narratives.