Hélène BERR

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FrenchBorn Hélène BERR

Jewish French woman, who documented her life in a diary during the time of Nazi occupation of France

Born on March 27, 1921 in Paris, France , France (24 years)

Deceased on 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, Germany

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Hélène Berr was born in Paris, France, a member of a Jewish family that had lived in France for several generations. She studied Russian and English literature at the Sorbonne university. She also played the violin.



She was not able to pass her final exam at the university because the anti-Semitic laws of the Vichy regime prevented her from doing so. She was active in the “General Organization of Israelites in France” (Union générale des israélites de France, UGIF). On March 8, 1944 she was captured and later she was deported from Drancy internment camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp. She died in April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, just 5 days before the liberation of the camp.

...   Hélène Berr was born in Paris, France, a member of a Jewish family that had lived in France for several generations. She studied Russian and English literature at the Sorbonne university. She also played the violin.



She was not able to pass her final exam at the university because the anti-Semitic laws of the Vichy regime prevented her from doing so. She was active in the “General Organization of Israelites in France” (Union générale des israélites de France, UGIF). On March 8, 1944 she was captured and later she was deported from Drancy internment camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp. She died in April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, just 5 days before the liberation of the camp.



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