"The Three Lives of the Polish War Hero; Emile H. Szlechter"
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Reinhold Beuer-Tajovsky
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Reinhold Beuer-Tajovsky
Reinhold Beuer-Tajovsky donated a copy of his article about his stepfather to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
Scope and Content
Consists of one article entitled "The Three Lives of the Polish War Hero; Emile H. Szlechter," written by his stepson, Reinhold Beuer-Tajovsky. The article describes Szlechter's life as a lawyer in Lwów, fighting in the Polish Army immediately after the German invasion in 1939, and having to flee to Romania, leaving his wife and daughters, to avoid capture. From Romania, he made his way to France and joined the Free Polish Army, spending the war as a member of the French resistance group in the Toulouse-Haute Garonne region. After the war, he discovered his family had perished and married H.V. Beuer. Szlechter became a law professor at the University of Toulouse and later, was named Director of Sumerian Studies at Sorbonne University.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Reinhold Beuer-Tajovsky
People
- Szlechter, Emile.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Toulouse.
- L'viv (Ukraine)
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Toulouse.
Genre
- Document