Testimony of Chaya Bloch, born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Montceau-les-Mines and Villefranche

Testimony of Chaya Bloch, born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Montceau-les-Mines and Villefranche From a religious Zionist family; emigration to France when the witness is two months old; life in Metz; trip to Montceau-les-Mines for summer vacation, 1939. German occupation and remaining in Montceau-les-Mines as a refugee from Lorraine; work in a stocking factory; move to Villefranche sur Saone; hunger; false identity of Sandra Helen; work in a wire factory; trade with the villagers; activities as a Scout leader; end of the war. Move to Lyons; work for OSE (Children's Aid Society) as a counselor in a Holocaust survivor children's home; unsuccessful attempt at aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "HaMaapil HaAlmoni"; detention in Cyprus, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel, February 1948.