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Country: Israel

  1. Gau Wien of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP, Vienna): Correspondence of the Sippenamt (Ministry of Geneology) regarding the origin of people requesting a pardon, and orders by the Gestapo and other matters

    1. R.2 - National Socialist Party documentation from the Gau Wien (Vienna District), 1938-1945

    Gau Wien of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP, Vienna): Correspondence of the Sippenamt (Ministry of Geneology) regarding the origin of people requesting a pardon, and orders by the Gestapo and other matters 1. Correspondence of the Sippenamt (Ministry of Geneology) in Vienna with various organizations, including the Aeltestenrat (Council of the Jewish Elders) in Prague, regarding the Jewish or Aryan origin of certain people; requests for a pardon; 2. Orders by the Gestapo regarding the prevention of the emigration of the people working as registrars in archives; 3. Names of the registrar...

  2. Ernest Lambert, born Thionville, 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

    Ernest Lambert, born Thionville, France, 1918: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the underground AJ (Jewish Army); taken captive in Lyons by the Gestapo; execution in Portes les Valence, 08 July 1944. Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: 7646/27 and 7646/28.

  3. Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

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

    Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Commander of the underground AJ (Jewish Army); responsible for forging documents for the MLN (National Liberation Movement); taken captive by the Gestapo at Auteuil, 17 July 1944; 26 hours of torture and death. Also in the file: - Article by Michel Anski; - Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: Archival signature 7946/30 and 7646/31.

  4. Joseph Cogan, born in Chisinau, Romania, 1903; 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

    Joseph Cogan, born in Chisinau, Romania, 1903; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins OSE (Children's Aid Society) as a economist, 1941; works in the OSE Brout Vernet children's home; arrest with his two children by the Gestapo, 08 November 1943; deportation to Drancy with his children; transfer to Auschwitz, 07 December 1943. In the file: - Photograph of Joseph Cogan; - Testimony.

  5. 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.

  6. Marc Haguenau, born in Paris, France, 1904, known as Colombe; 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 Haguenau, born in Paris, France, 1904, known as Colombe; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as General Secretary of EIF (French Jewish Scouts), membership in the La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground; detention by the Gestapo in Grenoble, 18 February 1944; unsuccessful attempt to escape; murdered, 20 February 1944; awarded the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Testimonies regarding activities; - Document attesting to the fact that he was awarded the Legion of Honor decoration...

  7. Jacob Weintraub, born in Tarczyn, Poland, 1920, known as Jacques Wister; 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

    Jacob Weintraub, born in Tarczyn, Poland, 1920, known as Jacques Wister; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Nice; activities as commander of an MJS (Zionist Youth Movement) regiment; participation in preparation of forged documents; organizes the smuggling of children into Switzerland; arrest with Jacques Marburger, 23 September 1943; release from detention; forgets to take a folder with documents after the Gestapo interrogation and goes back to get it; arrested again; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 28 October 1943. A...

  8. 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.

  9. 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...

  10. David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; 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 Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with hardships; life before the war; move to Warsaw including joining Poalei Zion; drafted into the Polish Army in the 1920s; desertion from the Polish Army and escape to France; life in Paris using a false identity and forged documents; joins Poalei Zion; distribution of a Polish Poalei Zion journal; raising money for various causes; maintaining contact with his friends in Poland. German occupation; activities on behalf of the Colonie Scolaire (The Sum...

  11. Dr. Isser Seilinger, born in Bersorka, (Russia) the Soviet Union, 1881; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

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

    Dr. Isser Seilinger, born in Bersorka, (Russia) the Soviet Union, 1881; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Grenoble including managing the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) office from 1943; detention by the Gestapo, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file: - Photograph of Dr. Isser Seilinger; - Testimony.

  12. Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; 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

    Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Toulouse from 1942; work as assistant to Dr. Jules Hofstein, the physician, in the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) offices; raises money and prepares parcels for Gurs inmates; occupation of southern France by the Germans; search for solutions for children at risk; distribution of food on the deportation trains with help from the Quakers; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file:...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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.

  17. Raissa (Bloch) Gorlin, born in Petersburg (Russia), 1899, known as Michelle Miraille; 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

    Raissa (Bloch) Gorlin, born in Petersburg (Russia)1899, known as Michelle Miraille; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Studies in the Faculty of the Arts in a university in Switzerland; move to France. Life in Vic Sur Cere including managing an Amities Chretiennes (Christian Friendship) orphanage; life using the false identity of Michelle Miraille; care for children under the protection of OSE (Children's Aid Society) at the orphanage; illegally crosses the border into Switzerland; capture; deportation across the border by the Swiss; arr...

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.