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Denise Hirsch Wolff passport and enclosed records, 1940-1941

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Title

Denise Hirsch Wolff passport and enclosed records, 1940-1941

Description

World War II era French passport and additional documents such as a Remitter's receipt and a ticket owned by Denise Hirsch Wolff (1909-2000), a French Jewish woman. She was married to Jacques Wolff (1903-1977). The passport includes photographs of their young children, Francis Wolff (1931-2014) and Hubert Wolff (1938-2020). Blank visa pages were not scanned.

Denise's uncle Sol Levy arranged for her family's immigration to Louisville, Kentucky, to escape German occupation and the Holocaust. The passport shows that in 1941, the family traveled in Spain and Portugal before boarding a ship to New York City.

Creator

Source

Mss. A L668, Folder 6, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky

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Identifier

Mss. A L688 Folder 06 Item 02

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Citation

France, “Denise Hirsch Wolff passport and enclosed records, 1940-1941,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed June 23, 2025, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/7035.

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