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Testimony of Meir Max Sherman, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding hiding in the village of Saint Julien du Saul

Testimony

Childhood in Paris before the war; family life; German occupation, May 1940; arrest of his father following denunciation and his deportation to Drancy, 1941; yellow badge decree, early 1942; manhunt for Jews, July 1942; escape with his mother and grandfather with the assistance of a [female] French worker employed in the family business; hiding in Saint Julien du Sault; denunciation, and capture of his mother and grandfather; being smuggled to a nearby forest with the help of the partisans; return to the village after about ten days; liberation in the summer of 1944; Life after the war; aliya to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Shenker Fisher, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1936, regarding his experiences in Paris, in hiding in a school in Paris and in a village in the Grenoble area

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Shenker Fisher, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1936, regarding his experiences in Paris, in hiding in a school in Paris and in a village in the Grenoble area Family life before the war. German occupation, May 1940; escape of the family to Paris; death of the witness' little brother en route; anti-Jewish legislation; yellow badge; travel limitations; concentration of the Jewish males in a stadium in Paris, summer 1942; detention of his father; escape of his father from detention and his hiding in the house; displays of antisemitism at school; capture of the family in their home, late 1943;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elyana Krasner née Khelmer, born in 1933 in Paris, about her experiences in Paris and her escape to the south of France

Testimony

Testimony of Elyana Krasner née Khelmer, born in 1933 in Paris, about her experiences in Paris and her escape to the south of France Life in a wealthy and respected family (which had escaped from Communist Russia) living in Paris; German occupation ensues in May 1940; escape to a village in the vicinity of Bordeaux; returning home about three months later; closing the family's bank account; mother decides to register as French; father is captured and sent to the Gurs camp in August 1942; undergoing baptism; obtaining bogus papers; mother decides to escape from Paris in August 1942; denunciation; Gestapo...

File Number : 13328

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Rina Kohen, nee Lesterger Sotruk, born in Oran, Algeria, in 1938, regarding her experiences in Algeria during war.

Testimony of Rina Kohen,nee Lesterger Sotruk,born in Oran,Algeria,in 1938,regarding her experiences in Algeria during war. Childhood before war; family background; outbreak of war,1939; father's enrolment into French army and his mutation to Lyon; his return to Oran,1941; beginning of the "anti-Jewish legislation" in Algeria; canceling of French nationality; dismissal of Jewish employees from government jobs; expulsion from schools; curfew; lack of food; occupation of Algeria by the allied forces; father's work at the port for American army; easing food supply; end of war,1945; riots in Jewish population by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Daniel Kohen, born in Oran, Algeria in 1932, regarding his experiences in different hideouts in France during war.

Testimony of Daniel Kohen,born in Oran,Algeria in 1932, regarding his experiences in different hideouts in France during war. Traditional family; father was born in Poland; communist who served in the French "foreign legion"; moving to Paris,July 1936; outbreak of war; occupation of France,1940; antisemitism at school; yellow badges; father's enrolment into underground; father's escape to Valence; mother's escape with Daniel and his sister to Lyonand from there to Marseilles aiming to reach Algeria; occupation of Algeria by allied forces,1942; family's escape to Toulouse; mother works as cook; moving to Nice...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yves Friedman, born in 1932 in Strasbourg, France, about his experiences in various hideout during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Yves Friedman, born in 1932 in Strasbourg, France, about his experiences in various hideout during the war Childhood before the war; family background; traditional Zionist family; war erupts; population evacuated; witness reaches Taron; father inducted into the Free Polish Army in 1940; maternal uncle inducted into the French Army and dies; Taron bombarded; witness hitch-hikes to Limoges; food provided by Red Cross; reunited with grandparents; lives with an elderly peasant woman; moves to Chamboret; peasants' attitude; life in hiding with a village woman; studies in Bellac; sister born in April...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Lilly Lea (Wiszniewski) Golembowicz, born in Paris in 1933, and other family members, regarding their experiences in France and Poland during the Holocaust, including personal documentation of the Wiszniewski family, 1931-1947 - Memoirs of Lilly Lea Golembowicz, born in Paris in 1933, regarding her experiences in Paris and while in hiding in the village of Catenoy near Paris during the Nazi occupation of France, and in Australia and Israel during 1947-1999, based on an interview with her (in the form of an interview held by Keren Golembowicz in Kibbutz Nirim in 1999, in Hebrew and with a...

File Number : 9440

Type of Material : Interview(s), Newspaper Clippings, Certification, School Projects, Article, Passport, Membership Cards, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English

Testimony of Yaakov Beiguilman Gal, born in Reus, Spain in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in Reus, in hiding places in Paris, and in Portugal, Casablanca and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Beiguilman Gal, born in Reus, Spain in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in Reus, in hiding places in Paris, and in Portugal, Casablanca and other places Life before the war; his father participates in the Spanish Civil War; his family escapes to France, approximately six weeks after the witness' birth; life in Paris with his family; German occupation, May 1940; exchange of hiding places in Paris in 1942; capture of his grandparents after they were informed on, and their deportation to Auschwitz camp; escape to the south of France in summer 1943; they illegally cross the border...

File Number : 13784

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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