Flora Khermouch collection

The Flora Kermouch papers include four identification cards used by Flora Kermouch in German-occupied France and two satirical handbills. The identification cards include one genuine student ID using her name “Flora Hay,” two false IDs using the name “Francoise Henry,” and one blank ID. The two satirical handbills purport to be Hitler's last will and testament and were printed in France in August-September 1944. Flora Kermouch (1922-2017) was born Flora Hay in Baghdad, Iraq on September 18, 1922 to Isarel Nissim Hay and Hanini Hay. She found herself stranded in Toulouse during the Holocaust while her parents remained in Bagdhad. She credits the archbishop of Toulouse and local nuns with saving her. She married Harold Kermouch.