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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

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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.
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3764197
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Selma
Shulamit
Sulamit
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Catane
Katan
Klein
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Feist
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01/10/1922
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Bad Homburg, Germany
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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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19/11/2000
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23/11/2000
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CATANE, KLEIN-FEIST SULAMIT SELMA
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection