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Transcript of testimony of Betty Rosler, born in Antwerp in 1930, about her experiences in Belgium in the Holocaust

Transcript of testimony of Betty Rosler, born in Antwerp in 1930, about her experiences in Belgium in the Holocaust Childhood in Antwerp—escapes to France when war erupts in 1940 and returns to Antwerp; anti-Jewish measures; reports about persecution and murder of relatives in Poland; confiscation of father's business; father arrested; rest of family shelters in hideouts (witness and brother in one location, mother in another); mother and children move to the Ardennes region with help from the Belgian resistance; live in Dinant; fear of informers; obtain false papers and move to Arbre; stay in Arbbre; help from members of the resistance ald local residents; front approaches; witness escapes to Brussels; back to Arbre; area liberated by Americaan forces; back to Antwerp; reports about fate of father (deported to the camps; interned in Auschwitz; murdered on liberation day); livelihood hardships after the war; witness marries and moves to the Netherlands; divorces and immigrates to Israel; life in Israel.