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Testimony of Rachel (Niego) Serezo, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding her experiences in Paris, Lyon and in hiding in a monastery

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel (Niego) Serezo, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding her experiences in Paris, Lyon and in hiding in a monastery Emigration of her family from Turkey to Paris; her childhood in a Sephardi Jewish community. Outbreak of the war; life under German occupation; escape to Lyon, 1942; receives help from the local population; in hiding in a monastery, 1943; receives a religious, Christian education, until 1944; liberation. Return to Judaism; life fafter the war; move back to Paris; aliya to Israel; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Yoram Leon Bernard Eizikman Degani, born in Paris, France, 1932, regarding his experiences in the St. Raphael institution, his wanderings and being hidden by farmers

Testimony

Testimony of Yoram Leon Bernard Eizikman Degani, born in Paris, France, 1932, regarding his experiences in the St. Raphael institution, his wanderings and being hidden by farmers His family was originally from Poland; move to Paris; acclimatization and assimilation. German occupation; life under occupation; separation from the family, 1942; transfer to the St. Raphael institution in southeast France; transfer to Moissac and to Beaulieu due to the situation; from there to a family of farmers in St. Reine; transfer to St. Pierre under the protection of the Church from fear of being informed on, until 1944;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther (maiden name: Gaetano) Soetens, born in Paris, France in 1932, regarding her life in hiding in a monastery during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (maiden name: Gaetano) Soetens, born in Paris, France in 1932, regarding her life in hiding in a monastery during the war Family background; an immigrant family from Thessaloniki; the outbreak of war; life under German occupation; her parents’ status in 1942 and their deportation to the Drancy camp; her parents’ transfer to Auschwitz Birkenau; receiving assistance from the Comite des Oeuvres Sociales de la Resistance organization; finding a hiding place in a monastery at Jouveaux in the Eure region; description of life at Jouveaux; the nuns’ attitude; the end of the war; receiving...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Helen Lang Degani, born in Strasbourg, France, 1925, regarding deportation to the south of France and participation in underground activity

Testimony

Childhood; arrival of refugees from Germany; outbreak of war; deportation of residents of Strasbourg to the south of France in 1939; temporary accommodation in a local house in Perigueux; transfer to Limoges; receiving a forged identity card; work with the Jewish underground; activities of the Gestapo and the deportation of the Jews; the burning of the village of Oradour Sur Glane as punishment for killing Germans; air-raids; liberation by the US Army on 22 August 1944; aliya to Eretz Israel in 1946.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leah Merko née Sandler, born in 1933 in Mannheim, Germany, about her experiences as a girl in Le Havre and in hiding in a convent in Limoges

Testimony of Leah Merko née Sandler, born in 1933 in Mannheim, Germany, about her experiences as a girl in Le Havre and in hiding in a convent in Limoges Family escapes to France in 1934; life in Le Havre; family leads a religious way of life; war breaks out; escapes to Limoges in 1940; family runs a kosher restaurant for the Jewish community; witness goes into hiding in a convent due to denunciation; the nuns’ attitude; liberation by the French resistance in 1944; life after the war.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French