Testimony of Ilse Elisheva (de Leeuw) Rozenberg, born in Leer Ostfriesland, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Groningen, Zandvoort, in hiding in Friesland, Amsterdam and in hiding in Zeist

Testimony of Ilse Elisheva (de Leeuw) Rozenberg, born in Leer Ostfriesland, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Groningen, Zandvoort, in hiding in Friesland, Amsterdam and in hiding in Zeist Life before the war; relations with the non-Jewish population; Nazi rise to power, 1933; anti-Jewish legislation, 1935; increase in antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; escape to Groningen; escape to Zandvoort; life in Zandvoort including work sewing uniforms; informed on; deportation of her parents to Westerbork and from there to Auschwitz; in hiding with a Dutch family; escape to Friesland; hidden by a farmer; informed on; escape to Amsterdam; escape to Zeist; hidden by a Dutch family and work as a maid; liberation by the Allies, 1945. Aliya training; aliya attempt with her sister via ship, 1946; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; life in Israel and contact with the family who rescued her.