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Memory🌳 FrenchXIXe-XXe siècles· 19 EC — 20 EC

The Wormser Family

Write the Great Book

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Wormser lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Alsatian family including Olivier Wormser (1913–1985), diplomat, governor of the Banque de France (1969–1974), ambassador to Moscow (1966–1968) and to Bonn. His brother Georges Wormser was Clemenceau's chief of staff during the First World War.

Geographic origin: Alsace / Paris

Memory register · custodian, not owner

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Wormser lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

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Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

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Web research

Claude explores external sources (encyclopaedias, academic databases, digital archives).

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Writing

Outline, chapters, bibliography — every page is sourced. Live streaming.

Get a single link: it signs you in if you already have an account, or creates one — no password. This finalises your proposal and lets you follow its review.

Lineage Map

ParisParisPlace of Origin — AlsaceAlsace
Place of Origin Diaspora Memory (transmitted)Regions reconstructed from documented origins and diaspora.

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Variants of the name (1)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

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Notable figures

  • 1.

    Olivier Wormser

    Diplomate / Banquier central

  • 2.

    Georges Wormser

    Haut-fonctionnaire

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Wormser.

Search “Wormser” on Yad Vashem

The search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more

Notable figures of the lineage

Diaspora regions

AlsaceFrance

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Wormser give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Tags

#Banque de France#diplomatie#Clemenceau

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