Flora Khermouch collection

Identifier
irn54271
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.168
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn54271

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize folder

1

1

Creator(s)

  • Flora Khermouch

Biographical History

Flora Kermouch (1922-2017) was born Flora Hay in Baghdad, Iraq on September 18, 1922 to Isarel Nissim Hay and Hanini Hay. She found herself stranded in Toulouse during the Holocaust while her parents remained in Bagdhad. She credits the archbishop of Toulouse and local nuns with saving her. She married Harold Kermouch.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Flora Khermouch

Flora Khermouch donated the Flora Kermouch papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.

Scope and Content

The Flora Kermouch papers include four identification cards used by Flora Kermouch in German-occupied France and two satirical handbills. The identification cards include one genuine student ID using her name “Flora Hay,” two false IDs using the name “Francoise Henry,” and one blank ID. The two satirical handbills purport to be Hitler's last will and testament and were printed in France in August-September 1944.

System of Arrangement

The Flora Kermouch papers are arranged as a single file.

Subjects

  • France--German occupation, 1940-1945.

Genre

  • Handbills.
  • Document
  • Identification cards.
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