Roger Bordage papers

Identifier
irn523627
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.282
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Roger Bordage was a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II. He was arrested in Mar. 1943 and spent two years in Oranienberg concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roger Bordage

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Roger Bordage in 2000.

Scope and Content

Consists of a letter inscribed on pre-printed stationery from Roger Bordage to his mother Yvonne Bordage in Paris, France. The letter was written while Roger was interned in Oranienburg concentration camp, dated 3 October 1943. This letter was contained in an offical government envelope addressed to "Madame Bordagh" [sic] [donor's mother] in Paris; no signature on note or envelope, dated 28 April 1943. Also in the envelope is a typewritten note by a railroad worker explaining how he retrieved an additional note from Roger Bordage (not in the collection) when it was thrown out of a train onto the tracks after the departure of a convoy for an unknown destination.

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