Jacques Helft (Q3159090)

The HELFT, LOEVI and ROSENBERG families and Louise MANGEONJEAN were issued visas by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940.The families crossed into Portugal where they settled in Sintra. They would eventually immigrate to the USA in separate groups. Paul ROSENBERG was a famous and influential art dealer who represented Picasso and Matisse. In September 1940, Jacques and Marianne HELFT, accompanied by their children, Etienne, Georges, and Leon, sailed on the vessel Nea Hellas from Lisbon to New York. Yvon Salomon and Madeleine Marthe HELFT also made the crossing in September 1940 on the Exeter, along with Paul and Marguerite Ida ROSENBERG and their daughter Micheline Nanette. (English)

languages spoken, written or signed

French

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1 reference

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/36340/

owner of

Rosenberg & Helft Galleries

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reference URL

https://www.moma.org/research/archives/finding-aids/PaulRosenbergb.html

quotation

Paul Rosenberg opened a new branch of his Paris gallery - managed by his well-known antiquarian brother-in-law Jacques Helft - in London between World War I and World War II. (English)

significant event

emigration

point in time

1940

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reference URL

http://sousamendesfoundation.org/family/helft-loevi-rosenberg

quotation

The HELFT, LOEVI and ROSENBERG families and Louise MANGEONJEAN were issued visas by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940.The families crossed into Portugal where they settled in Sintra. They would eventually immigrate to the USA in separate groups. Paul ROSENBERG was a famous and influential art dealer who represented Picasso and Matisse. In September 1940, Jacques and Marianne HELFT, accompanied by their children, Etienne, Georges, and Leon, sailed on the vessel Nea Hellas from Lisbon to New York. Yvon Salomon and Madeleine Marthe HELFT also made the crossing in September 1940 on the Exeter, along with Paul and Marguerite Ida ROSENBERG and their daughter Micheline Nanette. Marguerite Gabrielle LOEVI, accompanied by her nurse, Louise MANGEONJEAN, sailed to New York on the Exeter the following month, in October 1940. Several of the young men in the family were forced to remain in France as they were eligible for conscription: Jean and François HELFT as well as Alexandre Paul ROSENBERG. (English)