Testimony of Feiga Zipora (Gershenfish) Granat, born in Belfort, France, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Belfort and in hiding in the south of France

Testimony of Feiga Zipora (Gershenfish) Granat, born in Belfort, France, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Belfort and in hiding in the south of France Life before the war; her family was originally from Poland. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 1940; rumors of the deportation of men; escape of her father and return of her father; unsuccessful escape attempt with the help of a smuggler to the south of France; black market activities to earn a livelihood; freedom of movement for Jews; correspondence with family members in the Warsaw Ghetto; sending of parcels with the help of the Red Cross; restrictions on the Jews, 1942; yellow badge; meeting with protestant women from the Salvation Army; women hide two children; remains with the women with the children of the family; "Aktion"; deportation of her mother to Pithiviers camp; receives information on the death of her mother; move of the protestant rescuer to a forest; move of her brothers to an institution in Paris; liberation by the Allied forces. Returns to Judaism; life in a dormitory in Switzerland; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship "Champollion", 1946.