us-005578-irn523627
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Roger Bordage was a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II. He was arrested in Mar. 1943 and spent two years in Oranienberg concentration camp.
date: 1943 April 28-1943 October 03
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 847
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn523627
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of a letter inscribed on pre-printed stationery from Roger Bordage to his mother Yvonne Bordage in Paris, France. The letter was written while Roger was interned in Oranienburg concentration camp, dated 3 October 1943. This letter was contained in an offical government envelope addressed to"Madame Bordag" [sic] [donor's mother] in Paris; no signature on note or envelope, dated 28 April 1943. Also in the envelope is a typewritten note by a railroad worker explaining how he retrieved an additional note from Roger Bordage (not in the collection) when it was thrown out of a train onto the tracks after the departure of a convoy for an unknown destination.
title: Roger Bordage papers