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Testimony of Sulamit (Feist) Catane Klein, born in Bad Homburg, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in various hiding places in France and in a refugee camp in Switzerland

Testimony
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Testimony of Sulamit (Feist) Catane Klein, born in Bad Homburg, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in various hiding places in France and in a refugee camp in Switzerland From an Orthodox family; emigration to Paris, 1929. Outbreak of the war; her father's detention in Normandy as a citizen of an enemy country, September 1939; her father's release, June 1940; her father's deportation to the East, 1942; family wanderings and in hiding in various places in France; marriage, 1942; illegally crosses the border to Switzerland with her baby, 14 July 1943; life in a refugee camp; educational work with orphan children; return to France, December 1944; aliya to Israel, 1949.
item Id
3764197
First Name
Selma
Shulamit
Sulamit
Last Name
Catane
Katan
Klein
Maiden Name
Feist
Date of Birth
01/10/1922
Place of Birth
Bad Homburg, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
19/11/2000
Date of Creation - latest
23/11/2000
Name of Submitter
CATANE, KLEIN-FEIST SULAMIT SELMA
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection