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Joint testimony of Jakob Haas, born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1941, and Jon (Josef) Haas, ‎born in Esbanderup, Denmark in 1943, regarding their escape from Denmark to Sweden

Testimony
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Joint testimony of Jakob Haas, born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1941, and Jon (Josef) Haas, ‎born in Esbanderup, Denmark in 1943, regarding their escape from Denmark to Sweden Children of a German father, who came to Denmark in 1939, and a Danish mother; the parents ‎worked on a farm with Hechalutz Movement aliya training, and in Saunte, near Copenhagen, ‎following the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940; birth of the children; the family’s ‎escape to Sweden on fishing boats, with the help of Danish fishermen, in October 1943, and their ‎rescue from the Nazis; life in Landskrona, Sweden; placed in an orphanage in the area until the end ‎of the war in 1945; return of the family to Copenhagen after the war; Jakob’s life in Denmark and ‎Josef’s life in Toronto, Canada; aliya to Israel in 2006; absorption.‎
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item Id
9638860
First Name
Jakob
Jon
Josef
Last Name
Haas
Haas
Date of Birth
26/01/1941
01/01/1943
Place of Birth
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Esbønderup, Denmark
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13714
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
27/10/2011
Date of Creation - latest
27/10/2011
Name of Submitter
האס יוסף
האס יעקב
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
63
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection