Testimony of Liselotte Heimeman Vertheim, born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1926, regarding the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany and her escape to Antwerp in June 1939

Testimony of Liselotte Heimeman Vertheim, born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1926, regarding the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany and her escape to Antwerp in June 1939 Family with roots in Germany; Zionist family; father’s participation in the Zionist Congress; attending a public school; Nazis’ rise to power in 1933; grandfather and uncles move to the Netherlands; father visits Eretz Israel; transfer to a Jewish school; life in Jewish society until 1937; father’s arrest for transferring money to her grandfather and uncle who live in the Netherlands; he is held in several prisons until his deportation to Auschwitz in 1943; moved with her sister, on the day of their father’s arrest, to the home of relatives in the Netherlands, by their uncle; life with the uncle; attending a local school; return to Germany after several months; continuation of life in Germany; Kristallnacht in November 1938; burning of the school that was inside the synagogue; Nazis’ entry into her home and causing destruction; remaining in Germany due to mother’s refusal to leave without their father; still with no financial problems; move to Antwerp in June 1939; the Nazi occupation in 1940; failed attempt to escape to England; move to Brussels in summer 1941; expulsion from school; work with a seamstress; receives order to report; escapes to the seamstress; escape with her family; life hiding in an apartment above a Christian family in a suburb far from the city; liberation; continued life in the city; aliya to Israel in 2015.