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Memoirs of Charles Mahler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, regarding his experiences as a child being hidden by Belgian families in Begijnendijk, Ramsel and Ourodenberg, 1942-1945

Memoirs of Charles Mahler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, regarding his experiences as a child being hidden by Belgian families in Begijnendijk, Ramsel and Ourodenberg, 1942-1945 Names of families who hid Charles Mahler's family: - The Steurs family in Begijnendijk; - The Wijnants family in Ramsel; - The Vermunicht family in Ourodenberg.

File Number : 8340

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Berta (Weintraub) Weiss, born in Seredne in 1929, about her experiences in Antwerp and in hideouts in Belgium during the Holocaust

Memoirs of Berta (Weintraub) Weiss, born in Seredne in 1929, about her experiences in Antwerp and in hideouts in Belgium during the Holocaust Weintraub family emigrates from Poland to Belgium in 1930; childhood in Antwerp; war erupts in May 1940; family attempts unsuccessfully to escape to France; returns to Antwerp; life under German occupation; anti-Jewish legislation; witness's father, Uscher Hirsch Weintraub; deported to a labor camp in France and thence to Auschwitz, perishes; activity of witness's mother in the Communist resistance before and uring the war; witness and mother placed (separately) in...

File Number : 12479

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Gitla Kempner, regarding her experiences in a camp in the Limbourg area and while using a false identity in various hiding places in Grivegnée, Liege and Visé, Belgium

Memoirs of Gitla Kempner, regarding her experiences in a camp in the Limbourg area and while using a false identity in various hiding places in Grivegnée, Liege and Visé, Belgium Life in Anvers at the outbreak of the war; deportation to a camp in the Limbourg area; life in Genk, including marriage in 1941; move to Brussels; life in Brussels including the birth of her daughter Nelly, 08/1942; move to Grivegnée; move to a hiding place in Grivegnée; receives forged documents and a false name, with help from the Police commander of Grivegnée; move to another hiding place, in a home for single mothers in Liege,...

File Number : 8792

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French