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In the fall of 1938, Nazi authorities required all Jews in Germany to carry identity cards stamped with the letter “J” for Jude (Jew). German Jews whose names did not instantly identify them as Jewish had to add the name “Sara” for women and…

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Pictured are the exterior and interior of the Złoczów synagogue before World War I and II. The synagogue was located far from the center of town.

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A magazine honoring female volunteers of the Israeli Army during the Independence War featured Monique on the cover.

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When Doris left the children's home in Cornwall and returned to living with her parents, she occupied her time toward the end of the war with ephemera journals, which documented the advancement of the Allied troops with newspaper clippings. Displayed…

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Portrait photographs of Jules and Valentine Alexander, parents of Monique, Simone, and Michline.

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Postcards circa 1910 and 1932 showing Klagenfurt's Neuer Platz (city hall). Before the annexation of Austria, the Klagenfurt Neuer Platz was known as an example of the German Renaissance era. Two famous monuments, the Dragon (Lindwurm) (created to…

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During Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Nazis burned the Klagenfurt synagogue. The Torah scrolls were taken out to the street and burned, as well as the furniture. In 1944, a bomb destroyed part of the synagogue. In the aftermath of World War II,…

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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.

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Susan and her mother holding hands together in July 1945, and her parents together in 1945.

Family portraits of Susan and Peter Lederman together and with their family.

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The letter Jules and Valentine wrote to Monique and her grandmother informed the family of the situation at Drancy and their impending deportation to Auschwitz. A "charitable person" delivered the letter to Monique's grandmother.
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