Object numberM2007/055
DescriptionPass belonging to Irma Meyer (nee Bauer), mother of the donor Pierre Meyer. Issued by the U.J.R.E. (Union des Juifs pour la Resistance et l'Entraide), this document allows the holder to move freely around Lyon and Villeurbranne and to cross bridges. The document testifying to the presence of Jewish resistance groups in occupied France.
Irma Meyer (nee Bauer) 1906-1998: Arrived in Dijon, France, in 1939. As the German army advanced, she fled to Lyon. In mid 1942-43 she became a member of the UJRE (Union des Juifs pour la Resistance et L’Entraide) an underground Jewish organisation supported by the French Communist Party.
She operated under the name of Tissia, till the liberation of Lyon. She was arrested by the French militia together with a male member of the group, Mr. Goldman, who went on the last deportation train from France. He didn’t survive.
Irma Meyer (nee Bauer) 1906-1998: Arrived in Dijon, France, in 1939. As the German army advanced, she fled to Lyon. In mid 1942-43 she became a member of the UJRE (Union des Juifs pour la Resistance et L’Entraide) an underground Jewish organisation supported by the French Communist Party.
She operated under the name of Tissia, till the liberation of Lyon. She was arrested by the French militia together with a male member of the group, Mr. Goldman, who went on the last deportation train from France. He didn’t survive.
Production placeFrance
Subjectresistance, amidah
Object nametravel passes
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- length: 207.00 mm
width: 135.00 mm
Language
- French Permanent Order of Mission
The holder of this order is authorized to circulate day and night in the streets of Lyon and Villeurbanne.
We ask the authorities to facilitate access to cross brides.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Pierre Meyer