Jeanne Daman Scaglione collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37009
• English
• overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37010
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37011
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37012
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37013
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37014
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37015
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37016
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Uncut set of factory-printed Star of David badges acquired by Jeanne Daman, following their issue by German authorities in occupied Belgium on May 27, 1942. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, at Fela Perelman’s request. In summ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn597224
• English
• 1942-1945
• overall: Height: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Commemorative plaque presented to Jeanne Daman Scaglione in 1963 by Temple Ner Tamid (now Beth Moshe) in honor of her efforts to rescue Jews in German-occupied Belgium, between 1942 and 1945. Jeanne was a Roman Catholic kindergarten teacher living with her family in Brussels, Belgium, when Germany invaded in May 1940. Jeanne resigned from her position following the introduction of anti-Jewish curriculum. In late November 1941, authorities began banning Jewish children from classrooms, creating a need for Jewish schools. In 1942, Jeanne joined the staff of a Jewish kindergarten, Nos Petits, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn73092
• English
• boxes oversize folders 8 2 3 sound recordings, 5 records,
• Updated 7 months ago

The Jeanne Daman Scaglione papers include biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, writings and artwork, and sound recordings documenting Belgian Catholic teacher Jeanne Daman Scaglione, her wartime resistance activities rescuing Jewish children, and her postwar work supporting United Jewish Appeal, the State of Israel, and Holocaust memory. Biographical materials document Jeanne’s education and teacher training, participation in the Belgian National Movement resisting Nazi occupation during the war, Immigration to the United States, her work raising funds for...