MEMORIES OF COURAGE
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Varian Fry in Marseilles. France, 1940-1941. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #01230 See photographs |
Links: Rescue Escape from German-Occupied Europe Jewish Aid and Rescue Resources Denmark Flight and Rescue Raoul Wallenberg Varian Fry Chiune Sugihara Ona Simaite, Joop Westerweel, Irena Sendlerowa Righteous Among the Nations (Yad Vashem Web site) |
After adopting a new identity in late 1943, Simone Weil falsified her student card from the year 1938-1939 to bear her assumed name, Simone Werlin. The card verified enrollment in the School of Social Work in Strasbourg. Using forged and falsified documents, Weil was able to move to Chateauroux, France, and establish an operation to rescue Jewish children as a member of the relief and rescue organization Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (Children's Aid Society; OSE). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections See documents |
Holocaust Remembrance Events: Days of Remembrance Acts of Courage: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Performing Arts series (past events) Organizing a Holocaust Remembrance Day |
This autograph book belonged to Elizabeth Kaufmann Koenig, a Jewish girl from Austria who fled to southern France. Elizabeth eventually reached Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, whose population sheltered thousands of Jews. Elizabeth helped care for children sheltered by the town's pastor, Andre Trocme, and his wife, Magda. In November 1941, on the eve of her departure for the United States, Elizabeth collected signatures from her friends in a children's home in Le Chambon. The messages include artwork by some of the children and an entry by Magda Trocme. Elizabeth's family escaped from France on one of the last passenger ships to cross the Atlantic during the war. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections |
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