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Testimony of Sara (Schapira) Feldman, born in Zolkiew, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences in a children's home and in hiding in France

Testimony of Sara (Schapira) Feldman, born in Zolkiew, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences in a children's home and in hiding in France Underwent surgery on her leg and was in a cast until the age of 3; move of the family to Paris due to the antisemitism, 1938. Draft of her father and uncle into the Legion Etrangere, the French Foreign Legion, at the outbreak of the war; work of her mother in her father's fur workshop; witness is placed in a children's home; suffers filth and lice; return to her mother until 1943; entrusted to a family in Sceaux sur Huisne until the end of the war. Return to Paris, late 1944; harsh economic situation; knowledge concerning the death of her father in a POW camp; knowledge concerning the death of all her relatives (except her mother); aliya to Israel with her mother, 1949; life in a Youth Aliyah and Mizrachi home for young girls; remarriage of her mother; witness' marriage at the age of 18; death of her son, 1970; witness suffers from many illnesses due to her malnutrition during the war.
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item Id
3565549
First Name
Sara
Last Name
Feldman
Maiden Name
Schapira
Shapira
Date of Birth
1933
Place of Birth
Zolkiew, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
11041
Language
French
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
29/12/1996
Date of Creation - latest
29/12/1996
Name of Submitter
FELDMAN SCHAPIRA, SARA
Original
YES
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection