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Under the leadership of Salomon, OSE did manage to gather together 311 such children in three large groups, many from the [[Gurs internment camp]], and arranged for their transit to the United States, with the help of other Organizations.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.ose-france.org/memoire/le-service-archive-et-histoire-de-l%e2%80%99ose/l%e2%80%99ose-100-ans-d%e2%80%99histoire/le-sauvetage-des-enfants-juifs-pendant-l%e2%80%99occupation/ |title=the OSE memoire] |access-date=2017-07-11 |archive-date=2017-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315000727/http://www.ose-france.org/memoire/le-service-archive-et-histoire-de-l%E2%80%99ose/l%E2%80%99ose-100-ans-d%E2%80%99histoire/le-sauvetage-des-enfants-juifs-pendant-l%E2%80%99occupation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>the OSE-France official website www.ose-france.org, "History During the Occupation (Nazi WWII)"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ose-france.org |title=OSE-France official website |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=ose-france.org |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>[http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1125964 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum USHMM caption to photo 38351] -which shows Andree Salomon and several of these children. ''collections.ushmm.org''</ref> These children travelled by themselves directly to the United States, leaving their parents behind, who were often still in the Gurs internment camp. These children are members of that group of Holocaust Child Survivors who are "[[One Thousand Children]]." Most of their parents were later murdered by the Nazis.