Victor Katz-Laffite papers

Identifier
irn515510
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.62
  • RG-10.440
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515510

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Victor Katz-Laffite in 1991.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of two French periodicals: "Le Médicin Français" (No. 4 / 15 June 1941) and "Les Lettres Françaises" (No. 19 / August 1944). "Les Lettres Françaises: Revue des Écrivains français groupes au Comite national des Écrivains" was founded by Jacques Decour who was killed by the Germans on May 30, 1942. The review contains various articles on the French resistance and French literary figures and news. It bears the original signature of Paul Eluard.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

  • Eluard, Paul, 1895-1952.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--France--Periodicals.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground literature--France--Periodicals.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Periodicals.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Sources.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.

Genre

  • Document
  • Publications.
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