Ordinary exile presents the story of Austrian and German Jewish refugees in Europe.
Dorot is happy to publish online the result of four years of research. jewishtraces.org is meant for all people who are interested in European History of the 30’s and 40’s, it provides a deeper outlook on exile, request for asylum and on the status of the Jewish refugees from the third Reich territory in France and in Belgium. An ordinary exile opens a contemporary reflection about the minorities’ status, the fate reserved to refugees and asylum’s seekers, through the lights of the World War 2 and Shoah period. To begin, an ordinary exile proposes to analyze the journey of a twenty-one people family group. The web site clarifies the fate of three generations of Austrian Jewish families, from the period preceding the Anschluss in 1938, to 1945 To discover the families follow the link
The story begins in 1934, as dangers arise.
The Linder and Kornweitz families found themselves bonded by the wedding of their children.
Anschlüss, Austria’s annexation by the National-socialist Germany in March 1938 triggers the departure for one part of the family. The arrests that touch them at this time, for political motives accelerate the group’s departure for Belgium. Jewish, communist activists, socialist militants; everything defines them as enemies of the Reich. Their exodus in Europe, which made them travel through six countries, is an emblematic fate for all Austrian Jewish refugees who were seeking for safe haven.
To discover the routes of exile follow the link
Beyond reporting the group’s destiny, dorot│association d’histoire, makes documentation available for families and researchers.
Browse our documents and discover what remains.
The first database online, deals with the camp of St Cyprien. With almost 4000 names in the list, this database is an exclusive tool for researchers attempting to document the fate of people arrested in Belgium on May, 10 1940. Other sources have been added, for more details on the databases please read the specific page. Dorot publishes subsequently, lists of foreign Jewish refugees from different French areas, as progressively as the data acquisition. Alike St Cyprien, it is only partial lists, but Dorot will attempt the cross-checking of those data. If you are interested by the web sites updates, please sign in for our newsletter. Actually more than 20 000 names in the database.
3000 single requests of research on October 3rd, thank you !
We just added 300 names of Germans and Austrians, members of the International Brigades in the War in Spain , who were prisonners in the French camps of Agde and Saint Cyprien.
500 names of survivors of Gurs internment camp added in July 2008
The database is in " Various lists about French internment camps" section of the search page
20 years ago on July 4 1987, Klaus Barbie was sentenced to life for the crimes he committed in Lyons and Izieu.
There's a new search engine which allows you to search through the site.
You can either use the page or use the field we set on top of each page in the left column
To search in the dabases the research page is still the only way.
We will soon add more data on inmates from the camps in southern France.
The Linder and Kornweitz families found themselves bonded by the wedding of their children.
