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Testimony of Flora Henle Rothschild, born in Lehrensteinsfeld, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Lehrensteinsfeld, Stuttgart, Urfeld, her aliya to Eretz Israel in 1940, and in other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Flora Henle Rothschild, born in Lehrensteinsfeld, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Lehrensteinsfeld, Stuttgart, Urfeld, her aliya to Eretz Israel in 1940, and in other places Life before the war; traditional family, who are landowners; life along with individual Jewish families; Nazi rise to power, 1933; her father receives beatings from Gestapo men; termination of studies; her brother makes aliya to Eretz Israel, 1936; her father visits in Eretz Israel, 1938; her father returns to Germany during the Kristallnacht events; her escape to Stuttgart along with her family; arrest, and release; life at an aliya training facility in Urfeld; receives a visa to England, August 1939; [escape to England and] escape on a ship to Port Said, Egypt, 1940; [aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940]; correspondence with her mother via Luxemburg and Argentina; death of her mother in one of the camps in Riga, 1941; Life in Eretz Israel.
item Id
9466005
First Name
Flora
Last Name
Rothschild
Rotshild
details.fullDetails.maidenName
Henle
Date of Birth
1920
Place of Birth
Lehrensteinsfeld, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
28/06/2011
Date of Creation - latest
28/06/2011
Name of Submitter
רוטשילד פלורה
Original
YES
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video