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כוכבא אפריםTestimony of Efraim Ernst Bernard Kokhava van Koeverdan, born in 1943 in Amsterdam, about his experiences as an infant with a non-Jewish neighbor in Amsterdam and his return to an uncle after the war

Information about the family; German occupation ensues in May 1940; witness born in August 1943 in Amsterdam and is immediately handed over to a non-Jewish neighbor; parents find a hideout elsewhere in the area; neighbor's husband keeps a detailed diary about the boy's life and development; parents captured due to denunciation and murdered in April 1945; war ends in May 1945; uncle, a survivor, demands custody of the boy; legal struggle ensues; witness returns to his biological family in 1947; i...
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item Id
9814897
First Name
Bernard
Efraim
Ernst
Last Name
Kokhava
van Coevorden
Date of Birth
13/08/1943
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13544
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
18/03/2012
Date of Creation - latest
18/03/2012
Name of Submitter
כוכבא אפרים
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
36
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video