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Testimony of Rachel (Oks) Ram, born in Paris, France, 1933, regarding her experiences in hiding and under a false identity during the war

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Testimony of Rachel (Oks) Ram, born in Paris, France, 1933, regarding her experiences in hiding and under a false identity during the war Family background; her father runs a soup kitchen in Paris; outbreak of war; occupation of Paris; wearing a yellow badge; food rationing; curses from French neighbors; prohibition of Jews from entering the park; sympathetic treatment from the school; information regarding the Large Aktion; move to a boarding school; removal and deportation of her father to Auschwitz in 1942; finding a hiding place with a Christian family for a fee; death of her brother in an accident; return to Paris; being informed against; escape of her mother; move to a boarding school; life under a false identity; hunger; air-raids; liberation by the American Army in 1944; joining the Dror Habonim movement; aliya to Israel in 1951; absorption and rehabilitation.
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13379434
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Rakhel
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Ram
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Oks
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1933
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Paris, France
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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28/11/2018
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28/11/2018
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ראם אוקס רחל
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YES
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ISRAEL
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