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Susan received this hymnal with an image of Jesus Christ after her baptism. She carried the book to "hide in plain sight" from the Nazis and their collaborators.

Peter with his mother and Peter's parents, Max and Mina, together.

Pictured left to right are: Ernst Ledermann (Peter's father), Ernst's mother Minna, and his father, Max, taken sometime in the 1930s.

Peter Lederman's maternal grandparents, Julie and Kapel Hellbrunn, were deeply rooted in Germany. Both were born and raised there. They were steeped in German culture and language, and were integrated into German society. The Hellbrunns lived in…

Peter did not live in the Kitchener Camp. Instead, he attended a boarding school where he continued his education and learned English. Separated from his parents, Peter contacted his father and mother through letters and occasionally visited them.

By May 1942, the German military commander in France ordered all Jews over 6 to wear a yellow star. The star, about the size of a person's palm, had the inscription, Juif ("Jew" in French). Monique did not wear the identity badge because she hid…

The Office National des Anciens Combattants et Victims de Guerre (The National Office for Veterans and Victims of War) sent a "certificate of disappearance" concerning Monique's mother, Valentine. The certificate did not recognize that she died at…

"Active Membership" cards from the Union Nationale des Associations de Déportés, Internes et Familles de Disparus (National Union of Associations of Deportees, Internees, and Families of the Disappeared). The cards recorded that Monique was an…

The Certificate de Nationalité (Certificate of Nationality) confirmed Monique's citizenship in France.

Laissez-Passer (papers) from the Consulate General of France in Jerusalem allowed Monique to return to France from Israel since she secretly left without papers.