Cecile Cerf papers

Identifier
irn503676
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.0070
  • 1991.70.1
  • 1991.70.2
  • 1991.70.3
  • 1991.70.4
  • 1991.70.5
  • RG-23.005
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1961
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503676

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Cecile Cerf

Biographical History

Cecile Cerf (b. Cypora Salit, Jan. 12, 1916, Wilno, Poland) participated in resistance activities against the Germans during the occupation of France in World War II.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Cecile Cerf collected the materials during and after World War II. Her daughter, Claudine Cerf, donated the materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Mar. 1991.

Scope and Content

Contains letters and documents of attestation concerning the involvement of Cecile Cerf and Lydia Brenner in resistance activities against the Nazis during the German occupation of France. The materials date from 1944 to 1961.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

  • Cerf, Cecile, 1916-
  • Brenner, Lydia.
  • Cecile Cerf

Subjects

  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

Genre

  • Document
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