Testimony of Ila Ellie Strul née Hamme, born in 1936 in Rotterdam, about her experiences in hideouts in the southern Netherlands

Testimony of Ila Ellie Strul née Hamme, born in 1936 in Rotterdam, about her experiences in hideouts in the southern Netherlands Testimony about the family before the war; German occupation ensues in May 1940; city is severely bombarded; anti-Jewish legislation; restrictions on movement; witness moves to Vreeland—evening curfew; ban on entering public places; deported to Amsterdam in 1942; the yellow-star edict; razzia (manhunt) in June 1943; hiding in town; living with the Barbanson family, subsequently Righteous among the Nations; placed in hiding in Venlo for several months; fear of discovery and transfer to a hideout in Tienray with the Bartels family, subsequently Righteous among the Nations; denunciation; Germans arrive and witness flees into the fields; placement in hiding in Horst with the Smulders family, subsequently Righteous among the Nations; Christian prayers; liberation by Canadian forces in November 1944; reunited with mother; life after the war; antisemitic manifestations; immigration to Israel in 1958; adjustment to life in Israel.