Jewish Guides and Scouts of France uniform shirt and kerchief worn by a Jewish boy who had lived in hiding during the war 2008.142.2_b front

Scout shirt, neckerchief, and slide fastener worn by Steven Simon when he was in the Eclaireuses Eclaireurs Israélites de France [Jewish Guides and Scouts of France], a Jewish scouting organization, in 1945-46. His scoutmaster. Simon Barenbaum, gave Steven his own neckerchief when Steven needed to recite his scouting pledge of allegiance. Steven and his parents, Arthur and Irma Simon, were Jewish German immigrants living in Paris, France, when it was occupied by Germany in 1940. They fled to the unoccupied southern region where they survived the war by adopting false identities. Scouting was very important for Steven as it eased his reintegration with postwar life after so many years spent living in hiding. They returned to Paris after liberation in 1944 and emigrated to the United States in 1947.

Scout shirt, neckerchief, and slide fastener worn by Steven Simon when he was in the Eclaireuses Eclaireurs Israélites de France [Jewish Guides and Scouts of France], a Jewish scouting organization, in 1945-46. His scoutmaster. Simon Barenbaum, gave Steven his own neckerchief when Steven needed to recite his scouting pledge of allegiance. Steven and his parents, Arthur and Irma Simon, were Jewish German immigrants living in Paris, France, when it was occupied by Germany in 1940. They fled to the unoccupied southern region where they survived the war by adopting false identities. Scouting was very important for Steven as it eased his reintegration with postwar life after so many years spent living in hiding. They returned to Paris after liberation in 1944 and emigrated to the United States in 1947.