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  The Voice of Club 60, November 1965

  Newspaper of the Louisville, Kentucky, Jewish Community Center and National Council of Jewish Women's Club 60. The publication includes an article beginning on page 3 that details the youth, immigration, and subsequent settling of Jewish Frenchman Jacques Wolff (1903-1977) in the United States. Includes his service in the French army, and his personal losses to the German army and the Holocaust, after which he was able to work in wholesale business in Louisville, Kentucky. Jacques was the husband of Denise Wolff, one of the founders of Club 60.
  
  Pages 6-8 are missing from the original version in the Filson's collection.
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  Jacques Wolff demobilisation record, 1940

  Formal release of Jacques Wolff (1903-1977) from French military service during World War II. For more on Jacques service and life, see this 1965 biography: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/7047
  Jacques was married to Denise Wolff (1909-2000). His uncle Sol Levy arranged for their family's immigration to Louisville, Kentucky, to escape German occupation and the Holocaust.
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  French soldiers before German gun emplacement, 1918

  A French soldier guarding a captured German gun emplacement for a large piece of artillery, possibly the 419mm caliber howitzer mortar gun known as the "Big Bertha."