Simon Jeruchim collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520498
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

Coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. His initials SJ are painted on the front. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, members of the underground, to hide the children in Normandy. Simon often posed as a Catholic and worked as a far...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520499
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small double-sided drawing done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher, Mr. Crochet, gave him a painting kit in 1943. On one side is an image of a home where he hid in the attic with three windows as shown in La Renouardiere; on the other, a nun Simon interacted with often in a local hospital. She stands in front of the home the Souers de Charlie home. Simon was fascinated by the stained glassed windows and gilded statues in the Catholic churches and would sneak inside to sketch. (See 2001.328.5) Germany occupie...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520500
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small double-sided watercolor drawings done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher gave him a painting kit in 1943. There are 2 scenes on each side: on the front are imaginary scenes: on top, four wild animals; below, robbers at night pursued by a police car; on the reverse is a portrait of another hidden child from Paris; the adjacent image is a view of a winding river near the village. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Miche...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520501
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small watercolor done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher, Mr. Crochet, gave him a painting kit in 1943. It depicts the Virgin Mary, a woman with a halo wearing a blue cloak standing under a golden arch with floral garlands. It is based upon a statue in a home in which Simon was hidden. But Simon was fascinated by the stained glassed windows and gilded statues in the Catholic churches and would sneak inside to sketch. (See 2001.328.3) Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel an...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520504
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small watercolor done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher, Mr. Crochet, gave him a painting kit in 1943. It depicts a bus with airplane wings and several passengers. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when 1000s of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520505
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small watercolor by Simon Jeruchim done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher gave him a painting kit in 1943. The work depicts 2 views of the interior of one of the homes where he was hidden. Simon shared the sleeping area pictured on the top with Madame Prim; he slept on the right, she on the left. Madame was arthritic and needed the chair to get in and out of bed. There were dirt floors, no electricity, and they used slate tiles on the floor near the fireplace for cooking. There were pictures of saints on th...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520507
• English
• overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small double-sided watercolor done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher, Mr. Crochet, gave him a painting kit in 1943. Simon had heard of the Allied invasion and the aerial bombing of the coastal towns on a shortwave radio. The front image depicts his imagined view of the bombing of Savigny-le-Vieux; on the reverse is a sketch of a British fighter plane copied from a magazine left behind by the American GIs. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, A...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520508
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Double-sided drawing done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher, Mr. Crochet, gave him a painting kit in 1943. The front depicts a road leading to La Renouardiere near Madame Prim's home where Simon lived in hiding. The well where they fetched water is on the right. On the reverse is a rough sketch of 2 uniformed men. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, So...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520510
• English
• 1943-1944
• overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Small double-sided drawing done by Simon Jeruchim while a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. He began painting after a schoolteacher, Mr. Crochet, gave him a painting kit in 1943. Three scenes are depicted. The front has two drawings: at the top is the first still life that Simon ever drew. It is a close-up of a fruit bowl with a cafe scene in the background; below this is an imagined camp scene with Boy Scouts. Simon had long wanted to be a Boy Scout and joined a troop in Paris after liberation. On the reverse is an image of the neighboring farmer cutting wheat. Simon, ag...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545988
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545989
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545990
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545991
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545992
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545993
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545994
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545995
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545996
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545997
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545998
• English
• Updated 1 year ago

A coin stored in a personalized coin pouch used by Simon Jeruchim, a hidden child in Normandy, France, from 1942 to 1945. The coin is one of 30 copper and silver alloy coins, some corroded, from France and Britain dated from 1910 to the 1940s. Germany occupied France in June 1940. Simon, age 11, his parents, Samuel and Sonia, and his siblings, Alice, age 14, and Michel, age 5, remained in the Paris suburbs until summer 1942. In July, Sonia heard of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, when thousands of Jews were arrested. The family hid with their gentile housekeeper and then arranged for the Bonneaus, m...