Rescue and Aid in France, 1940-1944
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Brief Description: This record group comprised two collections, namely RG-44.01, Betty Prins-Hyatt Papers and RG-44.02, Marie Kaufman Papers. Both collections are subdivided on the sub-collections with regard to the type of documents and periodization.
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Record Series Number: RG-44/RG-44
Created by: Princ-Hyatt, Betty (1940 -- 2008), Kaufman, Marie (1900 -- 2008)
Volume: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Biographical Note for Princ-Hyatt, Betty (1940 -- 2008) :

The Princ family fled Belgium in May 1940. They had entry passages to Surinam, a Dutch Protectorate. However this plan did not materialize and the family got stranded in Vichy France in the village of Lamastre (southeast France). The French Resistance supplied Nathaniel Prins, the father, with false papers, allowing him to work. However, soon after he was arrested by the Vichy police for living under false identity.

The French neighbors helped collected money for his release. Nathaniel Princ was freed from prison, however on very same day he was arrested again on the ground of being Jewish. He was sent to Drancy transit camp in Paris. From there he was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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Subject Index
Aid and rescue during the war
collaboration in the Holocaust
family histories
France, history, 1940 -- 1944
Holocaust in France
Rescue and aid in France, 1940 -- 1944
Vichy France, 1940 -- 1942
Languages of Materials
French [fre]
German [ger]
English [eng]
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