us-005578-irn505783
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Bernard Frum (b. Bernhard, 1914-1975) was born in Berlin, Germany to Gershon (1878-c.1944) and Lea Frum (née Polinkowsky, 1877-c.1944) and had two brothers, Alexander and Edward. In 1939 Bernard fled Germany for Shanghai, China. His wife, Lucy (also Lucie, née Herrmann, 1906-c.1996) who was not Jewish, joined Bernard a couple of months later and they married in Shanghai in 1939. Bernard’s brother, Alexander, lived in the United States and helped sponsor Bernard and Lucy’s immigration to America. In 1946, Bernard was granted a medical visa and Lucy was granted permission to come with him. Both of Bernard’s parents perished during the war.
date: circa 1929-1960
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: zho
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 684
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn505783
record resource extent: folders oversize folders document tube 5 2 1
record resource structure: The Bernard Frum papers are arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection, spanning 1939-1992, consists of one memoir and a diary chiefly documenting life in France leading to and including war. The memoir of Renée de Monbrison (September 1939 to August 1944) is a bound copy typed in French. Entries describe time spent in Biarritz, an arrest in Hossegor, plans of fleeing to England, and her attempts to save her aunt, Loulou Warshawsky, from a camp near Tours. The memoir also includes copies of letters, documents, clippings, and post-war writings. Also included in the collection is one memoir typed in English by Colette Cahen d'Anvers Moore, entitled"Eight Years of a Life" Entries include memories of her activities in the French Resistance, arrest, and yearlong imprisonment in La Santé prison, transfer to Fresnes prison, deportation to Drancy, forced labor in Paris, her escape from a bus, and the liberation of Paris by the American Army. Biographical materials include a marriage certificate, curriculum vitae, and a resident card from Shanghai. Correspondence consists mainly of wartime letters from Bernard’s parents to Bernard about life in Germany and Shanghai, asking about their son, Alexander, updating Bernard on their effort to leave Germany, information on friends and family, and requests for permits to Shanghai after they were forced to leave Germany as well as several letters from Bernard to his parents about his health and wellbeing. This series also includes a post-war letter from his brother, Alexander, about the fate of their family and friends during the Holocaust, worries about Bernhard’s health, and offers to bring Bernhard to the United States. The diary, written by Bernard (Bernhard) and Lucy (Lucie) Frum, includes personal struggles, goals, and ideas as well as their political ideas for re-building Germany and re-structuring the government after the war, Bernard’s attempts to explain himself to his wife and her answers, a short description of his parents' personalities, and a description of the day Bernard an…
title: Bernard Frum papers