 1908 - Abt 1943 (34 years)
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| Name |
Franz Francois Blum |
| Born |
5 Nov 1908 |
Saarbrucken, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Hebrew Birth |
11 Che 5669 |
| Died |
Abt 1943 |
Majdanek CC |
| Deportation |
6 Mar 1943 |
Majdanek CC |
- Deported on Transport 51 from Drancy to Majdanek
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| Holocaust |
Prior to WWII he lived in Paris, France.
During the war was in Le Bois d'oingt, France.
Convoi N° 51, départ de Drancy le 06/03/1943 à Maidanek
At the end of January or the beginning of February, one of the village gendarmes came and wanted to speak to François. He presented him with a letter from the authorities in Lyon, where he was requested to be at a certain place in Lyon three days later. It was to do with the “travail obligatoire” (= forced labour), which meant that unemployed young French men were sent to work in Germany. The gendarme said: “I was really not supposed to hand over the letter until tomorrow, but now you have gained an extra day. You could flee to Switzerland (which was not very far away), as I don't know whether you, as a Jew, will really be sent for forced labour or somewhere else.”
However we already knew that emigrants who tried to enter Switzerland without a permit - i.e. illegally - risked being shot, if the Swiss border guards caught them. But François said: “The war will be over in a few months, and so it will be better for me to comply with this order.” So that is what he did and he took some light luggage with him. A few days later we received a post card from him - I can't remember if it was from “Prison Saint Paul” or from “Fort Montluc”, and I can't remember either what he wrote on it. But anyway my father said: “I must get him out of there! I'm going to Lyon tomorrow.”
I have no idea where my father had obtained the address of a cellar in Lyon, where false documents were issued - perhaps from our landlord. I don't know either whether it was a Jewish place or belonged to the Résistance. My father's idea was to obtain two false documents, one a work contract from the coffee trading house in Paris where François used to be employed and the second one a letter from the same company saying that they needed him urgently in the office. At least, that was the plan. It was only very much later that we heard that on the very day - 8th February 1943 - that my father went to the cellar, the Gestapo had appeared there and arrested everyone. So my father did not return home that evening. My mother kept on believing for many years that he would come back, but somehow I felt in bed that evening I would never see him again. [1] |
| Holocaust Victim |
Y |
| Occupation |
Journalist |
| Residence |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
| Residence |
Paris, France |
| Person ID |
I6430 |
Blank Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Oct 2010 |
| Father |
Emil Blum, b. 30 Aug 1868, Bobenheim, Germany , d. 8 Aug 1947, Le Bois d' Oingt, France (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Jenny Hirschler, b. 21 Oct 1875, Mannheim, Germany , d. 23 Jan 1922, Saarbrucken, Germany (Age 46 years) |
| Married |
Yes - date unknown |
| Family ID |
F4121 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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