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Testimony of Ruth (Mendelson) De Vries, born in Paris, France, 1936, regarding her experiences while in hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian child

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Mendelson) De Vries, born in Paris, France, 1936, regarding her experiences while in hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian child In hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian girl.

File Number : 14021

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Booklet by Ruth Lambert regarding children in Gurs, memoirs of Dr. Gaston Levy, the pediatrician, from the war period, memorandum regarding OSE (Oeuvre de Secours Aux Enfants) activities in southern France and more In the file: Booklet A: - Memoirs of Ruth Lambert regarding children in Gurs, 16 December 1984; - Memorandum written by an unknown author, June 1943 regarding OSE activities in southern France, June 1940-April 1943; - Summary by Abbe Albert Gross regarding the Gurs camp, late 1943; - Report by an unknown author regarding the activities of Dr. Gaston Levy in Gurs, 05 December 1942-01...

File Number : 141

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Survey Report

Language : French

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Helen (Mantel) Shindel, born in Cologne, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Cologne, Antwerp, the Gurs camp, Switzerland and other places

Memoirs of Helen (Mantel) Shindel, born in Cologne, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Cologne, Antwerp, the Gurs camp, Switzerland and other places Memoirs of Helen (Mantel) Shindel, born in Cologne, Germany, 1925, regarding her experiences in Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Israel during the Holocaust period and afterwards; the memoirs were written down verbatim by the personnel of the Yad Sarah Organization and published in 2008: Life before the war; aliya of her four brothers to Eretz Israel during the 1930s; Kristallnacht events, 9-10 November 1938; deportation of her father and...

File Number : 9749

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Vital Shimon, born in Paris, France in 1938, regarding his experiences as a boy in a monastery in Paris

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Vital Shimon, born in Paris, France in 1938, regarding his experiences as a boy in a monastery in Paris Son of a father from Turkey and a mother from Thessaloniki in Paris; the German occupation in 1940; handed over with his younger sister to a French acquaintance; parents deported to camps; life in the monastery; difficulties in adapting; liberation and move to a village; adoption by the father’s family in Turkey; aliya to Israel in 1950; absorption in Ein Kerem and in Givat Hayyim.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Paulette (Rigel) Dalah, born in Paris, France, 1939, regarding her experiences in Gennes and Tence

Testimony

Testimony of Paulette (Rigel) Dalah, born in Paris, France, 1939, regarding her experiences in Gennes and Tence Orthodox family; her father has Lithuanian citizenship; her father studies electrical engineering in Normandy; his Lithuanian citizenship prevents him from getting work as an engineer in France;; departure of her father to Chemille for labor chopping trees for coal in January 1942; joining her mother and brother to live near her father in Gennes in February 1942; entry of the French gendarmerie into the house to arrest her father as a foreign national, but her father was not at home; unsuccessful...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew