A memoir for Paul, David and Adam

Identifier
irn504127
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0183
  • RG-02.114
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504127

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Paulette Barrett

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Paulette Singer Barrett donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Oct. 1994.

Scope and Content

The memoir describes the life of Paulette Singer Barrett from 1939 to 1953. It includes the pre-World War II emigration of Paulette's parents from Poland and Romania to Paris, France, Paulette's and her parents' journey to southern France after the Nazis seized Paris, the fate of her relatives who stayed in Poland, the resistance activities of French citizens, and the eventual imigration of Paulette and her family to the United States after the war.

People

  • Barrett, Paulette Singer.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--France.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • Poland--Emigration and immigration.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  • Le Puy (Haute-Loire, France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

Genre

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