Gaston Schmir collection

Identifier: irn520461
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 Dr. Gaston L. Schmir.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two children's books, "Mon Petit Trott" and "Contes et Légendes Du Grand Siècle," taken by Gaston Schmir from a school library in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, in Apr. 1943. Gaston Schmir left the books in Haute-Savoie, France, before crossing into Switzerland, and he returned and recovered them after World War II.

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Contes et légendes du grand siècle [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520919
- English
- 1933
- Updated 1 year ago
Gaston Schmir took this book from the school library in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, in April 1943 prior to going into hiding. He left the book in Haute-Savoie, France, before crossing into Switzerland, and he returned and recovered it after World War II.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520920
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Gaston Schmir took this book from the school library in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, in April 1943 prior to going into hiding. He left the book in Haute-Savoie, France, before crossing into Switzerland, and he returned and recovered it after World War II.

Gaston Schmir collection

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Contes et légendes du grand siècle [Book]

Book