Testimony of Irene (Samuel) Kligsberg Navon, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, Bayonne, Toulouse, Vichy and other places

Testimony of Irene (Samuel) Kligsberg Navon, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, Bayonne, Toulouse, Vichy and other places Life before the war; from a traditional family. German occupation, May 1940; unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into France illegally; escape to the southern Pyrenean mountains due to her uncle's Polish passport; escape to Bayonne, June 1940; life in Bayonne including a request to the Portuguese embassy; help from a taxi driver; hidden by farmers in the mountains; division of France, June 1940; escape to Toulouse; escape to Vichy; life in Vichy; deportation to Montpellier; transfer to St Etienne Du Gres; life in St Etienne Du Gres including completion of her school studies; escape back to Montpellier; deportation of her mother to Auschwitz after she is informed on, August 1942; transfer of abandoned children to Catholic institutions; finds a hiding place on the mountain; escape to Millau; life in a Catholic dormitory in Lodeve, 1943; escape to St Etienne Du Gres; end of the war. Aliya to Israel, 1955.