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Family Photograph with Monique
Monique (front and center in a black blazer) with her family, where she was honored at West Point for her volunteer efforts in the Israeli Independence War.
Hilda Goldsmith (née Weis)
Hilda Goldsmith, the mother of Rickey G. Slezak, was born on October 8, 1922, in Gelnhausen, Germany. At the age of 17, she escaped Nazi Germany and arrived in the United States sometime between 1939-1940 alone.
Peter Lederman
Peter Lederman escaped to England from Nazi Germany after "Kristallnacht" (Night of Broken Glass).
Book | "Sir Percy Leads the Band" by Baroness Orczy | The Scarlett Pimpernel Series
When Doris was in England, a man named Dr. Sturges took great interest in helping orphaned and displaced children from the war. He gave Doris books, fueling her love for reading. On one occasion in 1943, she was gifted "Sir Percy Lead the Band" by…
Journal
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…
Porcelain Doll
Austria, 1930s
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
For Christmas in 1943, Dr. Sturges gifted an early edition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), which he inscribed to Doris.
Union Nationale des Associations de Déportés, Internes et Familles de Disparus (National Union of Associations of Deportees, Internees, and Families of the Disappeared)
"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…
Certificate De Nationalité (Certificate of Nationality)
The Certificate de Nationalité (Certificate of Nationality) confirmed Monique's citizenship in France.
Laissez-Passer from the French Consulate
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.