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Testimony of Rachel (Mitman) Brot, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in 'S Gravenhage and Westerbork

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Testimony of Rachel (Mitman) Brot, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in 'S Gravenhage and Westerbork Life before the war; emigration to 'S Gravenhage, the Netherlands, 1929; separate synagogue for Jews from eastern Europe. German occupation; life during the German occupation; concentration of the city's Jews and their deportation to Westerbork, 1942; forced labor in agriculture for farmers in the vicinity; deportation of her family to Auschwitz; fictitious marriage to a Jewish policeman; liberation by the Canadian Army, 1945. Move to Amsterdam; joins Bnei Akiva; illegally crosses the border into France with help from the Jewish Brigade; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.
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7202913
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Rachel
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Brot
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Mitman
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16/09/1922
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Baligrod, Poland
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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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29/05/08
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29/05/08
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Brot Rachel
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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