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Displaying items 121 to 140 of 296
Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English
Country: Israel
  1. David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) membership; underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth); access to the Gurs camp; provides relief and smuggles out children; activities on behalf of British intelligence; taken captive in Lyons; shot to death by the Gestapo, 27 June 1944. Also in the file: - Letter of testimony from Juliette Levy, 1987.

  2. Nicole (Weil) Salon, born in Lisieux, France, 1915: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Nicole (Weil) Salon, born in Lisieux, France, 1915: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles; activities as an OSE (Children's Aid Society) social worker; smuggling children into Switzerland; taken captive by the Gestapo in Nice, 24 October 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 20 November 1943; camp life; refusal to be separated from the children; transfer to the gas chambers with the children, 23 November 1943. Also in the file: - Letters from Nicole (Weil) Salon.

  3. David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a journalist; underground activities; leader of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest by Danneker, a Gestapo commander, 01 June 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz, 02 July 1944. Also in the file: - Booklet entitled "L'un des Trente Six" (One of the Thirty-six), published by Kyoum, Paris, 1946.

  4. Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including work within the framework of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); arrest in Lyons by the Gestapo, 07 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor on Transport 53; death in Sobibor. Also in the file: - Description of an "Aktion" in Lyon, 09 February 1943.

  5. Files of the Wuerzburg Gestapo

    Files of the Wuerzburg Gestapo

  6. Judith Ides Topcza, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1903; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Judith Ides Topcza, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1903; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris. Manages the soup kitchen set up by the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); relief provided by the soup kitchen to needy Jewish families; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 38, 28 September 1942.

  7. Rabbi Aron Wolf, born in Strasbourg, France, 1918; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Rabbi Aron Wolf, born in Strasbourg, France, 1918; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Chamalieres including studies at a rabbinical seminary; life in Lyons including continuation of his studies; JJF (Young French Jewry) activities; life in Saint Germain; work as a rabbi at an EFI (Jewish French Mutual Aid) farm; capture by the Gestapo; execution with other members, 19 May 1944; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Portraits of Rabbi Aron Wolf; - Letters; - Excerpts from testimonies; - Page of Testimony in his name.

  8. Marc Amon, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Marc Amon, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physicist; joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts), 1942; activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground in Paris; detention by the Gestapo, July 1944; deportation from France, July 1944. In the file; - Testimonies; - Photograph; - Letter.

  9. Aurelie (Polturak) Gottlieb, born in Lwow, Poland, 1892, known as Rella; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Aurelie (Polturak) Gottlieb, born in Lwow, Poland, 1892, known as Rella; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France) activities in Lyons; arrested in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) office by the Gestapo, 09 March 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; murdered in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph; - Letter; - Documents; - Excerpts from testimonies.

  10. Jules Bass, born in 1924, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Jules Bass, born in 1924, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Limoges; OJC (Organization of Jewish Combat Fighters) activities as part of FFI (Interior French Forces); arrest by the Gestapo while smuggling forged documents, 10 June 1944; torture and execution; finding of his body in a forest in St. Junien. In the file: - Certificate issued by the FFI.

  11. Regine Gattegno, born in Lyons, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Regine Gattegno, born in Lyons, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with Turkish origins; EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities in Lyons, from 1940; La Sixieme (the Sixth) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities; detention with a group of activists by the Gestapo in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building, 09 February 1943; detention in the presence of Klaus Barbie; deportation to camps with the group of activists; perishes in a camp. In the file: - Photograph of Regine Gattegno; - Excerpts...

  12. Monique Hayem, born in Saint Mande, France, 1920: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Monique Hayem, born in Saint Mande, France, 1920: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins the La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground; recruited into the resistance movement in the Brive area by Henri Wahl along with her brother, Jean, June 1943; smuggling activities and distribution of forged documents and other printed materials; transfer to the Maritime Alps area after she is informed on and wanted by the Gestapo; arrested after being informed on in Saint Jean la Riviere, 11 February 1944; deportation to Bergen-Belsen; her death in Bergen-Be...

  13. Berthe (Weyl) Hirsch, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Berthe (Weyl) Hirsch, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as a social worker in Paris in the Les Hospitalieres-Saint Gervais school and a clinic on Deux Ponts Street; joins the resistance movement, 1941; membership in La Sixieme (the Sixth); activity as an intelligence agent within the Armee Volontaire; arrest by the Gestapo at Saint-Michel in the Tarn et Garonne region, 18 October 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz on Transport 62; awarded the Medaille de Guerre, Medaille de la Re...

  14. Hilde Haberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Hilde Haberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Drafted into the underground in Nice when she is 17 years old by Claude Kelman; detention by the Gestapo, 15 January 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: -Testimony of Claude Kelman regarding Hilde Haberman.

  15. Marcelle Loeb, born in Strasbourg, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Marcelle Loeb, born in Strasbourg, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in EIF (French Jewish Scouts); arrest by the Gestapo during a raid on the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building in Lyon in the presence of Klaus Barbie, 09 February, 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor; perishes in Sobibor. In the file: - Photograph of Marcelle Loeb; - Excerpt from a testimony.

  16. Henri Klein, born in Mulhouse, France, 1914: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Henri Klein, born in Mulhouse, France, 1914: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Paris before the war; learns in the Talmud Torah rabbinical school; move to Strasbourg with his family; move to Vichy with his family; completes his military service. Outbreak of the war; taken captive; escape from Germany; joins the Maquis with his cousin, Rabbi Sammy Klein and Andre Elbogen, 1940; handed over to the Gestapo at the Saint Etienne railroad station by an underground contact person; executed by shooting, 07 July 1944. End of the war; re-int...

  17. Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities; dismissal from her job at the Finance Ministry; work as a secretary for OSE (Children's Aid Society) in Chambery; arrest by the Gestapo, 08 February 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Fanny Scheimann; - Pages of personal information; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  18. Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); work in a children's home in Paris until 1942; transfer to Lyons; transfer to Grenoble; continuation of her EIF work; participation in CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) rescue work; rescue of a child and arrest by the Gestapo due to being informed on; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Kahn; - Testimony; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  19. Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles with her husband, Rabbi Rene Hirschler; her husband's activities as Chief Rabbi of the camps in France; rescue activities with her husband; arrested by the Gestapo with her husband, 23 December 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; perishes in Auschwitz with her husband; awarded the Croix de Guerre. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Hirschler; - Documents; - Personal documents; - Testimonies.

  20. Henri Rosencweig, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1917; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Henri Rosencweig, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1917; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Move to France with his family, 1920; membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) and joins the FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France). Activities in Colonie Scolaire (The Summer School Camp) on Amelot Street during the German occupation; escape to Lyons, 1942; continuation of his FSJF activities; arrest by the Gestapo during a raid on the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to A...