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Testimony of Gila Gerti Abraham née Lichtenstein, born in 1939 in Saarlouis, Germany about her experiences in Saarlouis, Strasbourg, the free zone of France, and the Argentan region in 1943–1944

Germany annexes Saarlouis after a plebiscite in 1935; witness escapes to France due to antisemitism in 1935; life in Strasbourg; city evacuated when war breaks out; witness escapes to Celles sur Plaine; German occupation; escape to Riberac in June 1940; Germany occupies the free zone of France in 1942; a priest helps the witness find shelter in a convent; life in hiding in the convent in Argentan, 1943–1944; liberation; difficulty in returning to Judaism; back to Strasbourg; Zionist activity in the Dror movement; immigration to Israel in 1949; adjustment to life in Israel.

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Testimony of Prof. Aleksander Marzel, born in Strasbourg, France, 1936, regarding his escape with his family from Belgium to the South of France and life there

Early childhood in Antwerp, in an immigrant family; his father deals in diamonds; outbreak of war in 1940; attempt to escape and return to Antwerp; escape to Lyon in the South of France in 1941; living in an isolated house with other relatives, without scarcity; move to the Valence area in September 1942, after being warned by the person in charge of the local police; quiet life with many relatives in an isolated and abandoned castle; departure of the Italians in autumn 1943; receiving Turkish birth certificates from the honorary consul of Turkey in Lyon; move to the city of Valence as Muslims; living in a...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 14190

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

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Memoirs of Annette Enis-Anidjar, regarding her experiences as a child and her family's experiences in Paris during the Holocaust period

Memoirs of Annette Enis-Anidjar, regarding her experiences as a child and her family's experiences in Paris during the Holocaust period Memoirs of Annette Enis-Anidjar, born in Paris in 1936, regarding her and her family's experiences during the Holocaust period, written in Israel in March 2008, and which appear in the booklet, "Sipuri Ha'ishi" ("My personal story"): Her parents were: her father David Enis, born in Lemberg, Galicia in 1907 (Poland until 1939, and later, Ukraine) and her mother Dina (Turtledove) Enis, born in England; her parents married in 1935; outbreak of the war in Paris in 1939;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 9529

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

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Testimony of Aleksander Feinkukhen Karmi, born in Metz, France, 1925, regarding the deportation of his parents to camps and his experiences in hiding in villages

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Testimony of Aleksander Feinkukhen Karmi, born in Metz, France, 1925, regarding the deportation of his parents to camps and his experiences in hiding in villages Childhood; his parents were immigrants from Poland German occupation, 1940; escape to Chatellerault; his father's refusal to cross the border to Free France; arrest of his parents, 1942; deportation of his parents to camps in Poland; receiving help from non-Jewish friends; crossing the border into Free France illegally; studies in a dormitory; fear of betrayal; being hidden by families in the village of Fontanieres; serving as a radio operator...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 14087

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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