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Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war

Testimony
Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war Childhood in a religious family; her father's work in a parchment paper factory; parental acquaintance with Borculo; her mother's origin is Hague; move of her family to the suburb of Hague, to Voorburg. German occupation, 1940; birth of the witness, April 1941; deportation of Jewish men, 1942; decision on immigration to South America; obtaining documents for immigration; witness disease in kidney disease; cancellation of immigration plans; giving the witness to a Dutch family who were linked to the Dutch underground in Hague, the Van Jaytenbeek family; escape of parents along with big sister to Borculo; family life; searches by the Germans for the Jews; adoption of the witness by the Dutch family; renaming. Meeting with her father after the war; rehabilitation after the war.
item Id
9797492
First Name
May
Nekhama
Last Name
Margolin
Maiden Name
Elzas
Date of Birth
1941
Place of Birth
Voorburg, The Netherlands
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
24/02/2016
Date of Creation - latest
24/02/2016
Name of Submitter
מרגולין נחמה מיי לבית אלזס
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video