Selected records and publications of the Œuvre de secours aux enfants

Identifier
irn515791
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.510
  • RG-43.059M
Dates
1 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1984, 1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1953
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515791

Extent and Medium

20,470 digital images, JPEG

25 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Œuvre de secours aux enfants (France)

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilmed collection from the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) Archives located at the Alliance Israélite Universelle in Paris via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project in Aug. 2004.

Scope and Content

Contains documents related to the history of Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) and the different homes it operated around France. Some of the personal archives and general correspondence of key figures of OSE such as Georges Garel, the founder of the "reseau Garel," a resistance network that ferried children over the French border into Switzerland, and Vivette Samuel are included. Personal files of individuals who were raised by OSE as their legal guardian are not included.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Samuel, Vivette, 1919-
  • Garel, George.

Corporate Bodies

  • World Union OSE

Subjects

  • World Union OSE--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects--France.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • Escapes--France.
  • Jewish orphans--France.
  • France
  • France--Ethnic relations.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--France.
  • Orphanages--France.

Genre

  • Document
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