Testimony of Gila Gerti Abraham née Lichtenstein, born in 1939 in Saarlouis, Germany about her experiences in Saarlouis, Strasbourg, the free zone of France, and the Argentan region in 1943–1944

Germany annexes Saarlouis after a plebiscite in 1935; witness escapes to France due to antisemitism in 1935; life in Strasbourg; city evacuated when war breaks out; witness escapes to Celles sur Plaine; German occupation; escape to Riberac in June 1940; Germany occupies the free zone of France in 1942; a priest helps the witness find shelter in a convent; life in hiding in the convent in Argentan, 1943–1944; liberation; difficulty in returning to Judaism; back to Strasbourg; Zionist activity in the Dror movement; immigration to Israel in 1949; adjustment to life in Israel.