Testimony of Miriam (Toder) Offen, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1939, regarding her experiences in Antwerp, in hiding in Rumst, in hiding in Antwerp, in hiding in Liege, and in Brussels and other places

Testimony of Miriam (Toder) Offen, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1939, regarding her experiences in Antwerp, in hiding in Rumst, in hiding in Antwerp, in hiding in Liege, and in Brussels and other places German Army occupation of Antwerp, May 1940; unsuccessful attempt by her family to escape to France, 1940; life in Antwerp including anti-Jewish decrees; her family members hide in Rumst; move to a hiding place in Antwerp in the home of a non-Jewish woman, a member of the Flemish underground, "The White Brigade", autumn 1943; life in hiding including the holidays; move to a hiding place in Antwerp, in the home of Diane Van Ingelgem Verbracken (later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations); move due to being informed on; move to a hiding place in the home of the family of Maria Meunier (later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations), near Liege; battle of the Ardennes, December 1944; move of her family to Brussels, until summer 1945. Move back to Antwerp; life in Antwerp including antisemitism; attends first grade in a Beit Yaakov school; learns Hebrew and joins Agudat Israel; aliya to Israel, 1962; life in Israel.