Gaston and Robert Crouzet collection

Identifier: irn514368
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 2003 by Jean Crouzet, the grandson of Gaston Crouzet and the nephew of Robert Crouzet.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a French medal for resistance activities, correspondence, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Dr. Gaston Crouzet and his son Robert, during World War II in France and in Germany where they were interned in German concentration camps for their resistance actions, and of Dr. Crouzet after the war in France.

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Medal of Deportation and Resistance for Acts of Resistance awarded to a French doctor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514371
- English
- 1940-1945
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Medaille de la Deportation et de L’Internement Pour Faits de Resistance [Medal of Deportation and Resistance for Acts of Resistance] issued to Dr. Gaston Crouzet, a member of the French resistance in Marseille. The medal was awarded to those who were imprisoned in German concentration camps for their resistance activity. It is missing its ribbon. After Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940, Gaston and his son Robert joined the resistance. They gathered information about German troop transports and supplied it to the British. In May 1943, Gaston and Robert were betrayed by another resistan...

Gaston and Robert Crouzet collection

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Medal of Deportation and Resistance for Acts of Resistance awarded to a French doctor