Danielle [Fernande] Halerie Snegg and David Snegg collection

Identifier: irn59312
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59312

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Michel Snegg, the son of Danielle Snegg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, a drawing and correspondence relating to the experiences of Avram, Marguerite, Danielle [Fernande], and David Halerie in France during and after the Holocaust.

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Pencil drawing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn639178
- English
- overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Danielle and David Snegg papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86811
- English
- box 1
- Updated 6 months ago
The Danielle and David Snegg papers primarily consist of letters from Danielle’s father to Danielle in Paris that were smuggled out of the Blechhammer labor camp as well as love letters exchanged between Danielle and her future husband, American serviceman David Snegg, at the end of the war while Danielle waited for her father to return home. The collection also includes a postcard and letter Danielle’s parents wrote to her from Drancy in the hours before their deportation to Auschwitz in September 1942; one real and one false identification card for Danielle; David’s immunization record; a...
Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Juif, belonging to a Jewish family.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn86812
- English
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Factory-printed French Star of David badge, owned by the family of Danielle (Fernande) Halerie. In June 1942, German authorities required Jews in France to wear a badge which consisted of a yellow Star of David with a black outline, and the word “Jew” printed inside the star in French, which cost a textile ration coupon. The badge was used to stigmatize and control the Jewish population. Danielle was living in Paris, France, with her Romanian-born parents, Avram and Marguerita, and older brother, David, when the German army invaded France and occupied the city on June 14, 1940. During the G...

Danielle [Fernande] Halerie Snegg and David Snegg collection

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Pencil drawing

Danielle and David Snegg papers

Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Juif, belonging to a Jewish family.