He had two siblings: Mathieu b. His sister Stephanie b. Gaston died several years before the war. He also served in the French Army, but was demobilized after the German invasion of France, and subsequent armistice signed on 22 June He was involved in Resistance activities, including forging documents and gathering intelligence on the Italian army. In September he was sent to Bolzano transit camp and in October he was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in January He went to Krakow, Poland, and then was repatriated to France in May where he was reunited with his brother Mathieu and his daughters in Paris.
The couple had two sons, Gerard b. They all survived the war. They remained there until the Germans took control of the area from the Italians in September They went to a small village in Auriac-sur-Vendinelle.
Jacqueline remained with her parents, but the two sons were sent to a nearby boarding school. Lucie, Stephanie, Ernest, and Jacqueline were denounced and arrested on 6 May and sent to a prison in Toulouse. The family was transferred to Drancy on 13 May They were deported on 20 May on Transport No. They survived the war in hiding with their maternal uncle Gaston Carrance and his wife Suzanne Carrance.
She was married to Bernard Flanzweig, and they had a son, Bernard. Her husband was killed at the Belgian front in Helene hid her son with the family of Jeanne Meriat. He survived the Holocaust, and remained with the Meriats in Neuilly-sur-Seine after the war.
Helene was arrested in Paris, France on 15 April and deported to Drancy. Helene was suffering from typhoid fever in the camp, and was liberated by British troops on 15 April After she recovered she was repatriated to France in May She met fellow survivor Marcel Lob in , and they married on 15 April The collection primarily documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Marcel Pierre Lob, originally of Paris, Frace, including his arrest and deportation to Auschwitz II-Birkenau and return to Paris after liberation.
