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Testimony of Leah Merko née Sandler, born in 1933 in Mannheim, Germany, about her experiences as a girl in Le Havre and in hiding in a convent in Limoges

Testimony
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Testimony of Leah Merko née Sandler, born in 1933 in Mannheim, Germany, about her experiences as a girl in Le Havre and in hiding in a convent in Limoges Family escapes to France in 1934; life in Le Havre; family leads a religious way of life; war breaks out; escapes to Limoges in 1940; family runs a kosher restaurant for the Jewish community; witness goes into hiding in a convent due to denunciation; the nuns’ attitude; liberation by the French resistance in 1944; life after the war.
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10511522
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Lea
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Merko
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Sandler
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04/12/1933
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Mannheim, Germany
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Testimony
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French
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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04/06/2013
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04/06/2013
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מרקו לאה
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YES
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ISRAEL
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection