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Testimony of Margot (Wolf) Minzer, born in Goerske, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Goerske, Berlin, Naper and Shaghai

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Testimony of Margot (Wolf) Minzer, born in Goerske, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Goerske, Berlin, Naper and Shaghai Life before the war; secular family; ban on Jews' sports activities; "Boycott Day", economic boycott on Germany's Jews, 1933; closure of her family's store by the police. Deportation of her father to Buchenwald; receives help and her father’s quick release; purchase of tickets for travel by ship to Shanghai, 1939; separation with her family from local people; escape to Berlin; escape by train to Naper; escape to Shanghai on a ship; life in Shanghai; outbreak of the war; relations with Japanese people; death of people due to malnutrition; observance of the Pesach Seder in a school; local air-raids. Aliya to Israel, 1949.
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6771313
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Margot
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Mintzer
Minzer
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Volf
Wolf
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1924
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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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28/11/07
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28/11/07
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Minzer Margot
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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