Testimony of Hilda Hechel, born in Amby, the Netherlands, 1933, regarding her experiences in Brussels, Chambery and a refugee camp in Bale
Family were originally from Germany; move of the family to Brussels.
Outbreak of the war; return to Brussels; German occupation; life in Chambery; escape of the family to Switzerland, 1942.
Move to Bale; attitudes of the Swiss police; life in a refugee camp; placed with a Jewish foster family called Hamendiger; return to Brussels, 1945; marriage, 1960; life in Bale.
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Hilda
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Hechel
Kheikhel
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02/08/1933
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The Netherlands
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives