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Certificate, death
Montreal Holocaust Museum · small copy hosted here (www.cjhn.ca blocks its images elsewhere)

Certificate, death

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
January 23, 1951 (indexed as 1951)
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One page. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
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Certificate, death : Paper : Beige, black ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 16 cm
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PRÉFECTURE DE LA SEINEMairie du 17e ArrondissementCoût de cette expédition : 45 fr.EXTRAIT des Minutes des Actes de DécèsRÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISEMAIRIE DU XVIIe ARR. DE PARIS(Décret du 10 décembre 1948.)N° 1289044OrbachVu la grosse à Nous remise le vingt-trois janvier mil neuf cent cinquante-un, Nous transcrivons ici le dispositif d'un jugement rendu par le Tribunal Civil de la Seine en date du huit décembre mil neuf cent cinquante PAR CES MOTIFS:Dit et déclare que le dix février mil neuf cent quarante-quatre, est décédée à Drancy (Seine) Segia ORBACH, domiciliée à Paris, 1 square Emmanuel Chabrier, sans autres renseignements.Dit que le présent jugement tiendra lieu d'acte de décès de la susnommée.Transcrit le vingt-trois janvier mil neuf cent cinquante-un, dix heures vingt, par Nous, Henri Joseph Alphonse GRAUX, en Adjoint au Maire du 17e arrondissement de Paris, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur./Pour copie conforme:Paris, le treize décembre mil neuf cent cin-quante-unRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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French
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