Alfred Moritz collection

Identifier: irn518230
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Alfred Moritz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artwork, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Alfred Moritz and his family in Germany and while living in hiding in France before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Moritz family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518443
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Entrance passes to Luxembourg for Ludwig David Israel Moritz (issued January 16, 1939) and Klara Sara Moritz (issued March 30, 1939). One travel pass for father, issued January 12, 1935. Group of 14 photographs of Alfred [donor] and his family (pre-war and wartime images included). Alfred was in the OSE children's home of Château du Masgelier from September 1942 until April 1943 after which he was in hiding in the Ardeche area of France until the liberation. Both his parents survived the war and were reunited eventually.
Colorful watercolor of the house where the painter lived as a hidden child
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518444
- English
- 1994-2000
- overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Watercolor created by Alfred Moritz in 1994 of the house where he and his family lived in hiding in Ste. Lizaigne, France, from May-September 1940. In May 1940, the Moritz family fled Becherbach, Germany, for France. Alfred, age 10, his brother, Ernst, age 8, and their mother, Klara, were hidden in and near Sainte Lizaigne by Helene and Marthe Forestier for nearly 2 years. When his father, Ludwig, joined them in September after his release from an internment camp, the family could no longer stay in the house in Ste. Lizaigne. They lived in a nearby village until 1942, when the Vichy authori...

Alfred Moritz collection

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Moritz family papers

Colorful watercolor of the house where the painter lived as a hidden child