Claudine Cerf collection

Identifier: irn61185
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61185

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Claudine Cerf, the daughter of Cippora Cerf.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Cippora Cerf in France during the Holocaust.

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Cecile Cerf papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503676
- English
- 1944-1961
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains letters and documents of attestation concerning the involvement of Cecile Cerf and Lydia Brenner in resistance activities against the Nazis during the German occupation of France. The materials date from 1944 to 1961.
False identification card issued to a French Jew by the Resistance
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5613
- English
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Forged identity card issued to Cippora Cerf in November 1943 in Paris, France by the resistance. Issued underground by the M.O.I. Mains d'oeuvres Immigres (French underground resistance group).
False identification card issued to a French Jew by the Resistance
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5614
- English
- overall: Height: 15.875 inches (40.323 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Forged identity card issued to Cippora Cerf in October 1942 in Paris, France by the resistance. Issued underground by the M.O.I. Mains d'oeuvres Immigres (French underground resistance group).
Star of David badge printed with Juif to identify a Jew in France
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5615
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Yellow Star of David badge with the French word for Jew (Juif) printed on it. All Jews age six and older in German-occupied France were required to wear an identifying badge on their clothing. Jews were forced to pay for the badges out of their textile ration.
Rubber stamp used by the French resistance to falsify documents
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5616
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
French resistance Rubber stamp used by Cecile Cerf in the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of France, c. 1942-1944. Used by Cecile Cypora Cerf (donor's mother), 1942-1944, France.
White armband with red and blue stripe worn by a member of the French resistance
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5617
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Armband worn by a member of the French resistance. Armband worn by Cecile Cerf in the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of France, c. 1942-1944.

Claudine Cerf collection

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Cecile Cerf papers

False identification card issued to a French Jew by the Resistance

False identification card issued to a French Jew by the Resistance

Star of David badge printed with Juif to identify a Jew in France

Rubber stamp used by the French resistance to falsify documents

White armband with red and blue stripe worn by a member of the French resistance