Steven W. Simon collection

Identifier: irn34671
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Steven W. Simon. This is an accretion to an earlier donation in 2006.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of artifacts, books, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Steven Simon and his family in France when they lived in hiding during the Holocaust and after the war when they returned to Paris and then emigrated to the United States. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Steven W. Simon papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35926
- English
- folders 4
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of photos, documents and notebooks relating to Steven Simon’s experiences in Eclaireurs Israelites (Jewish Scouts of France) after World War II. Steven Simon survived the Holocaust with his parents, hiding in different locations and living under false identities in France.
Eclaireurs Israélites de France shirt and kerchief worn by former hidden Jewish boy
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35933
- English
- 1945
- a: Height: 25.380 inches (64.465 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) b: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 26.880 inches (68.275 cm) c: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Eclaireurs Israélites de France (Jewish Scouts of France) shirt, neckerchief, and slide fastener worn by Steven Simon when he was a scout in 1945-46. His scoutmaster Simon Barenbaum gave Steven his own neckerchief when Steven needed to recite his scouting pledge of allegiance. Steven and his parents, Arthur and Irma Simon, were Jewish German immigrants living in Paris, France, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1940. They fled to the unoccupied southern region where they survived the war by adopting false identities. Scouting was very important for Steven as it eased his reintegration...
Handbook
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35938
- English
- 1945-1946
- Updated 1 year ago
Scouting manual used by Steven Simon when he was in the Eclaireuses Eclaireurs Israélites de France [Jewish Guides and Scouts of France], a Jewish scouting organization, in 1945-46. Steven and his parents, Arthur and Irma Simon, were Jewish German immigrants living in Paris, France, when it was occupied by Germany in 1940. They fled to the unoccupied southern region where they survived the war by adopting false identities. Scouting was very important for Steven as it eased his reintegration with postwar life after so many years spent living in hiding. They returned to Paris after liberation...
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn35939
- English
- 1945
- Updated 1 year ago
Book by Theophile Gautier, awarded to Steven Simon as a prize from the Lycee Condorcet in 1945 for making the honor roll in English, history and geography. Steven and his parents, Arthur and Irma Simon, were Jewish German immigrants living in Paris, France, when it was occupied by Germany in 1940. They fled to the unoccupied southern region where they survived the war by adopting false identities. They returned to Paris after liberation in 1944 and emigrated to the United States in 1947.
Steven Simon papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518469
- English
- box oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection consists of photographs and documents pertaining to the survival of Steven Simon [donor] and his family in France during World War II. Included in the collection is a note smuggled out of Drancy by Irma Simon [donor's aunt] to her parents who remained in Paris; two letters sent by Kurt Sostmann [donor's uncle] prior to his deportation and a postcard sent from the train transport of Drancy; documents pertaining to the confiscation fo family property; false identity documents for the Simon family; report cards for Steven Simon during and after the war; photographs of the Simon fami...

Steven W. Simon collection

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Steven W. Simon papers

Eclaireurs Israélites de France shirt and kerchief worn by former hidden Jewish boy

Handbook

Book

Steven Simon papers