Testimony of Esther Irena Gabrieli, nee Zielke, born in Berlin, Germany in 1921, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam and her hiding in Liege.

Testimony of Esther Irena Gabrieli, nee Zielke,born in Berlin, Germany in 1921 Childhood in a well-to-do orthodox family; attending a school of the orthodox community; the family moves to Amsterdam in 1936; attending a Jewish school; German occupation of Holland in May 1940; decrees against Jews; street ban; possession of a radio is prohibited; detention of her father and brother in a prison in Scheveningen and their deportation to Auschwitz; suicide of her mother on the 9th of Av,in July 1942; her escape to Maastricht, to her sister in December 1942; smuggling the border into Belgium with the help of smugglers for a fee on 26 December,1942; going into hiding in Liege for a fee; obtaining fake identity cards; life in hiding from January 1943 until September 1944; liberation by the US army; working in Liege; moving to Maastricht; moving to Leeuwaarden; aliya to Israel in 1951; rehabilitation and absorption.