Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

Identifier: irn77697
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77697

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Ed Francell, the nephew of Yvonne Rothschild Klug Redgis and the grandson of Gertude Fraenkel. A passenger list was donated in 2014 and a portrait was donated in 2017 by Mary Francell-Sharfstein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of pins, an audiotape, documents, memoirs, and photographs relating to the experiences of Yvonne Rothschild Klug and her family before and during the Holocaust in France, until she was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp, and after the Holocaust when she emigrated to the United States as well as correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gertrude Fraenkel and her family before and during the Holocaust in France and Poland and her postwar emigration to the United States. Collection also includes a portrait of Yvonne Redgis (Rothschild).

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Rothschild - Fränkel family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514952
- English
- 1940-1947
- boxes 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Correspondence, official documents, photographs, and memoirs pertaining to the experiences of the maternal (Rothschild) and paternal (Fränkel) branches of the family of Ed Francell, and how they were impacted by the events of the Holocaust. Includes documents about Yvonne Redgis (Rothschild) and her life in pre-war France, during the occupation of France, as a forced laborer at Auschwitz, and her post-war immigration to the United States. Collection also contains correspondence, photographs, identification documents, and other items about the Fränkel family, originally of Danzig, and later ...
Painting
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn562304
- English
- overall: Height: 38.000 inches (96.52 cm) | Width: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Portrait of Yvonne Redgis (Rothschild), aunt of Mary Francell-Sharfstein.
Oral history interview with Yvonne Rothschild Klug (Yvonne Redgis)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn716998
- English
- 1 sound cassette,
- Updated 7 months ago
FNDIRP engraved commemorative medal with box awarded to a French Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77698
- English
- a: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
FNDIRP medal with an engraved relief and presentation box awarded to Yvonne Klug Redgis, to honor her experience as a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Yvonne was a member of the French resistance imprisoned in France and Auschwitz II from 1943-1945. FNDIRP (Federation Nationale des Deportes et Internes, Resistances Deportes) is an association formed in France after the war by those who returned from the camps and those who resisted the German occupiers to honor their service and the memory of those who did not survive. The medal is engraved to Madame Klug and has a relief ...
FFI Free French pin engraved 193476 awarded to a Jewish resistance member
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77699
- English
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
FFI (Forces Francaises de l'Interieur/ French Forces of the Interior) pin awarded to Yvonne Klug by the Committee of Liberation on July 7, 1946, for her acts of resistance against the German occupiers of France. Yvonne was imprisoned for her resistance activities in France and in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from 1943-1945. FFI was a confederation of French resistance organizations. The pin is engraved with the number 193476 and features the double barred Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of the resistance. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Yvonne was a...
ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) lapel badge owned by a Jewish member of the French resistance
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77700
- English
- overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) ground support staff lapel pin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. ATA was a multinational civilian organization of volunteer pilots that ferried British warplanes from factories to the frontlines. The pin bears the motto Unique et Ubique and features an eagle and intertwined British and French flags. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Yvonne was arrested by the Gestapo for her resistance work on September 1, 1943, in the Rivier...
FNDIRP commemorative striped badge engraved 178284 owned by a French Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77701
- English
- overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
FNDIRP blue and white striped pin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. FNDIRP (Federation Nationale des Deportes et Internes, Resistances et Patriotes) is an association formed in France after the war by those who returned from the camps and those who resisted the German occupiers to honor their service and the memory of those who did not survive. The pin is engraved with prisoner number 178284 and the stripes are reminiscent of concentration camp uniforms. France surrendered to and was occup...
FNDIRP blue and white striped stickpin owned by a French Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77702
- English
- overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
FNDIRP blue and white striped stickpin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. FNDIRP (Federation Nationale des Deportes et Internes, Resistances et Patriotes) is an association formed in France after the war by those who returned from the camps and those who resisted the German occupiers to honor their service and the memory of those who did not survive. The pin has an enameled prisoner number 178284 and the stripes are reminiscent of concentration camp uniforms. France surrendered to and was o...
France Forever laminated pin with a V and US & French flags owned by a Jewish French resistance member
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77703
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
France Forever (France Quand-Meme) laminated pin owned by Yvonne Klug Redgis, a French resistance member who was imprisoned in France and in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943-1945. The paper pin has a graphic design with the Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of French resistance, a V for victory, and intertwined US and French flags. French Forever, the fighting French Comittee in America, was an association of French persons in the US and American friends of France who supported the Free French and provisional government. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Y...