Jacqueline Bernadet collection

Identifier
irn69999
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.366.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1954
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Jacqueline Bernadet (later Grimaud) was born in 1927. When she was 17, she joined the French Resistance and was a member of the Maquis Castelreal. She was a spy on German communications. After liberation, she and her father (Jean Bernadet) joined the Free French Army and served in Germany.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fabrice Borg

Fabrice Borg donated his mother's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs taken of the forced reburial of corpses in Germany (possibly in Lüneburg) in the spring of 1945. Also includes color copies related to the wartime and post-war experiences of Jacqueline Bernadet, who was a member of the French Resistance, including a photograph, her portrait and French passport, and documentation related to her work with the Allied occupying forces in France.

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.