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FRENCH CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST

A memorial
Serge Klarsfeld  

 
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Raymond Toutman (8), and Léon Sylman (10). Sarah Sepolghi (33) had her 10-month-old baby, Paul; and the aged Joseph Goldstein (87) was also taken.

Convoy 38, September 28, 1942 (Drancy)

Convoy 38 deported 101 children, 56 boys and 45 girls. All but 13 had been born in France. Most of them – about 80 – had Romanian parents and were captured in the roundup of September 24. There are ten sublists.

1. Drancy lb – 8 names.

2. Drancy lc – 13 names.

3. Drancy 1 – 228 names, including many families. For example – Berthe Choumann (29) and her three children, Annette (11), Paulette (3), and Rosette (9 months); and Haia Cical (42) and her three children, Achille (14), Jean (7), and Monique (4).

4. Drancy 1/Stairway 2 – 228 names. Enta Katz (40) was with three daughters, Marie (9), Suzy (5), and Beatrice (3); Basie Jakobowitz (34) was with Simon (14) and Claire (11 months).

5. Drancy 1/Stairway 3 – 183 names, including Tauba Spitzmetzki (34) with her children, Jacques (9), Odette (5), and Liliane (1); and Jeanne Suslenschi (36) and her three children, Jean (15), Elie (5), and Daniel (2).

6. Drancy 2/Stairway 3 – 109 names. Children alone included François Katz (16) with brother César (11) and sister Gisèle (10); and 1-month-old Betty Strupicowitz. Parents with children included Malka Rosenberg (27) with her sons, Henri (2) and Michel (6 months); Adèle Leizer (27) and her three children, Pierre (4), Sylvain (3), and Bernard (1); and Sarah Oster (29) and her baby, Lucien (5 months).

7. Drancy 3A – 42 names of elderly people.

8. Drancy 3B – 9 names.

9. Drancy 4 – 32 names of families living at 10 Rue des Deux Ponts, Ile Saint Louis, in Paris. They included the Adoner family, Mordka (55) and Marja (49), and their six children, Salomon (22), Rebecca (21), Samuel (17), Henry (13), Lisette (11), and Zizi (5); and Rojza Wiorek and her four children, Isaac (20), Freina (15), Marcel (14), and Soida (5).

10. Drancy 5 – 25 names. Children included Henri (11) and Suzanne (7) Lustyk; and Claire (19) and Claude (7) Diamant.

Convoy 39, September 30, 1942 (Drancy)

Convoy 39 left Drancy with only 211 deportees, including 8 children. The Gestapo did not wish to set a precedent by canceling a train whose quota was unfilled because French police had not supplied enough Jews. The departure telex stated: "The convoy embarked, although for the moment there were only 211 Jews who could be sent off. This transport is absolutely necessary for reasons of politics and prestige, since several French offices tried until the very last moment to prevent this last transport envisaged for September."

Convoy 40, November 4, 1942 (Drancy)

Convoy 40 deported 143 children under 18, 72 boys and 71 girls. Two-thirds had been
    
   

FRENCH CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST

A memorial
Serge Klarsfeld

 
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