Testimony of Shulamit Simone (Musler) Shamir, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, the Rivesaltes camp, in hiding in Saint Ceres, in La Voivre and other places

Testimony of Shulamit Simone (Musler) Shamir, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences as a child in Antwerp, the Rivesaltes camp, in hiding in Saint Ceres, in La Voivre and other places Life before the war; daughter of immigrants from Poland; her parents do not have Belgian citizenship. Outbreak of the war; escape to France on the last train; life in the Brins camp; transfer to the Rivesaltes camp; life in long barracks; sleeping on the floor; meeting Gypsies; deportation of her father to Drancy and apparently his further deportation to Poland; transfer to Saint Cere with her family; life in hiding in Saint Cere; life in La Voivre in the framework of a summer camp with six Jewish children; education; correspondence with her mother; end of the war. Life in Toulouse; meeting with Jewish Brigade personnel; move to Italy; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.