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Testimony of Joseph Michman, born in Amsterdam, 1914, regarding his experiences in Amsterdam, Trobitz, Bergen-Belsen and Westerbork
Testimony
Testimony of Joseph Michman, born in Amsterdam, 1914, regarding his experiences in Amsterdam, Trobitz, Bergen-Belsen and Westerbork
Life before the war; Zionist activities; youth movement activities.
German occupation of the Netherlands; marriage and the birth of his son; teacher in a Jewish high school; arranges for his son to be hidden; move to the Jewish Quarter; deportation to Westerbork; camp life; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; camp life including labor in the Coal Kommando; transfer to Trobitz; liberation.
Return to Amsterdam via Leipzig; struggle to rescue his sister's children who had been hidden by Dutch people.
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item Id
3560835
First Name
Joseph
Last Name
Michman
מכמן
Date of Birth
1914
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/01/1990
Date of Creation - latest
26/02/1990
Name of Submitter
MICHMAN JOSEPH
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository