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FRENCH CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST

A memorial
Serge Klarsfeld  

 
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Four of the nine sublists for this convoy include:

1. Drancy 1 – 56 people, including several families, such as Abraham (47) and Merla (45) Chesinski and their children, Wolf (17), Eline (11), Anna (7), and Simon (4).

2. Drancy 2 – 745 names. Seventy-nine were crossed out, leaving 666 deportees. There were many families, including those with foreign-born parents and French children. Some of the French children: Henri Ayzenberg (2); Maxime Borenheim (3); Jeannette (4) and Hélène (2) Diamand; Samy Grin (9); Joseph Haber (7); Tony Jakovits (5); Hélène (8) and Simone (6) Zavidovitcz; Anna (6) and Lucette (3) Klein; Michel Zelicki (1); Gilles Lewinger (1); Madeleine Wais (1); Claudine Malach (3); Micheline Muller (1); Germain (7) and Pierre (3) Roth; Jacqueline Kravtchik (2); Elie (9) and Colette (2) Salomon; Myriam (5) and Abel (2) Sinizer. Some of the families: Elie (50) and Mathilde (38) Azouvi and their three children, Eva (17), Louisette (14), and Gaston (12); Samuel (45) and Gracia (37) Beraha, also with three children, Albert (9), Michèle (8), and Monique (4); Malki Eskenasi and her four children, Rose (12), Allegra (10), Albert (7), and Léon (6); Perla Goldsztajn with Micheline (2) and Françoise (1); Moise (44) and Perla (42) Kavayero with their five children, Sarah (19), Esther (16), Elie (14), Diamante (10), and Suzanne (6); Laja Kuperberg (35) and her three children, Fajga (13), Esther (9), and Henri (1); Djaya Lerca (34) and her three children, Rebecca (12), Esther (8), and Isidore (4); Sarah Namer (47) and her four children, Maurice (19), Dora (15), Claire (12), and Fanny (9); Sarah Semel (34) with Salomon (2) and baby Isabelle (9 months); Louise Swarcbart and her baby Bernard, Zurek (42) and Golda (40) Wapniarz and their three young children, Régine (7), Robert (3), and Joseph (1).

3. Drancy 3 – 67 people. This group included children: Georges (4) and Fernande (2) Blachmann; Berthe (13) and Denise (9) Lemel; Lucienne Porjes (1); and Blanche Skrzydlak (8).

4. Hôpital-Hospice-Orphelinat – The Nazis filled their quota with the ill, the mentally disturbed, the elderly, and small children, all mixed in this list: Theodore Baera (82), Githel Mendelevitch (91), Esther Krimer (84), Caroline Neumann (82), Bertha Schmulevitz (84), Kiva Makline (80), Gitia Wasjlfisz (83), Fania Krinitchersky (86), Marie Dreyfuss (85), Maria Kohn (80), Peisa Linker (80), and 15 other people in their 70s. Among the children: Edith Becker (12); Sarah Beznovennu (11); Berthold Bodenthal (8); Marguerite (14) and Simon (8) Bogaert; Ruth Buntmann (10); Esther Don (11); Jacques Fiszel (4); Victor Grumberger (6); Emile Hubert (12); Gaston Kahn (9); Marie-José and Henri (10) Klayminc; Leib Kuzka (10); Sarah Lerer (12); Joseph (11), Zelman (8), and Jeanine (2) Lipszyc; Gisèle Messinger (12); Joseph (10) and Augusta (5) Skoulsky; Mine (9), Lola (6), and Simone (4) Sternchuss.

Convoy 48, February 13, 1943 (Drancy)

Convoy 48 deported 153 children, 83 boys and 70 girls. All but four were born in France. The Gestapo had decided, as with convoy 35 of the prior September, on a mass deportation
    
   

FRENCH CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST

A memorial
Serge Klarsfeld

 
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