Rainès-Lambé family papers

Identifier
irn50721
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.37.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
  • English
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50721

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mina Rainès-Lambé Parsont

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Mina Rainès-Lambé Parsont.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents and correspondence documenting the experiences of Anna and Leon Rainès-Lambé (donor's parents), the expropriation of their livelihood, and their efforts to evade Nazi collaborators and deportation in France during the Holocaust. Documents include an announcement for Leon to appear for "special transport" as well as a post-war document indicating that Wehrmacht officials occupied their home and appropriated personal possessions; the letter indicates where the family could retrieve their personal belongings.

Subjects

  • Aryanization--France.
  • France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.