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Johanna Chana Reens Reines

Testimony
Testimony of Chana Johanna (Adler) Reens, born in Bad Kissingen, Germany, 1914, regarding her experiences in Bad Kissingen and Darmstadt until 1939 From a well-to-do religious family; relations with the local population; her brother's aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935; joins aliya training in Darmstadt, 1935; Kristallnacht; move to Great Britain, April 1939; her father's detention in Dachau and his release; her father's escape to her sister in the Netherlands; attempt to extricate her mother from Germany; her parents' deportations to concentration camps; life in Great Britain during the war; marriage to a Jewish soldier from Eretz Israel. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.
item Id
3790545
First Name
Chana
Johanna
Last Name
Reens
Reines
Maiden Name
Adler
Date of Birth
02/06/1914
Place of Birth
Bad Kissingen, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/07/2000
Date of Creation - latest
12/07/2000
Name of Submitter
REENS ADLER JOHANNA
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