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File Number : 1222

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Rachel (Mitman) Brot, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in 'S Gravenhage and Westerbork

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel (Mitman) Brot, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in 'S Gravenhage and Westerbork Life before the war; emigration to 'S Gravenhage, the Netherlands, 1929; separate synagogue for Jews from eastern Europe. German occupation; life during the German occupation; concentration of the city's Jews and their deportation to Westerbork, 1942; forced labor in agriculture for farmers in the vicinity; deportation of her family to Auschwitz; fictitious marriage to a Jewish policeman; liberation by the Canadian Army, 1945. Move to Amsterdam; joins Bnei Akiva; illegally...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Vervir, born in S. Gravenhage, the Netherlands in 1939, regarding separation from his family and transfer to different hiding places in the Leiden area

Testimony of David Vervir, born in S. Gravenhage, the Netherlands in 1939, regarding separation from his family and transfer to different hiding places in the Leiden area. His family life before the war; his parents’ aliya to Eretz Israel in 1934 and their return to the Netherlands in 1937; German occupation in May 1940; escape to Maarsbergen in 1941; anti-Jewish legislation; his father joins the underground; dispersal of the children of his family to various hiding places in September 1942; transfer between 14 different families in the Leiden area, including the Kraan family in Oegstgeest; after several...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yolan (de Wilde) Sonnheim, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1938, about persecution in Amsterdam and her experiences in hiding with a family in Twijzel

Testimony of Yolan (de Wilde) Sonnheim, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1938, about persecution in Amsterdam and her experiences in hiding with a family in Twijzel Information about her family; Aryanization of her father’s business in 1942; her escape to hiding places in the city; transfer to Twijzel with her older sister; live in Twijzel with the family of Hielke and Gelske Brouwer (later recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations"); Gelske Brouwer is in command of the Friesland area underground and is responsible for hiding Jews; finding parents in hiding in Amsterdam; transfer to Garijp with her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jacques Zaidman, born in 1935 in Antwerp, Belgium, about his experiences in hiding in the suburbs of Antwerp, in Lille, and in Brussels

Testimony

Testimony of Jacques Zaidman, born in 1935 in Antwerp, Belgium, about his experiences in hiding in the suburbs of Antwerp, in Lille, and in Brussels Testimony about the family in Antwerp—owned clothing and furniture shops; Yiddish and German spoken at home; German occupation ensues in 1940; witness and brother placed by parents with Belgian families in two suburbs (Mortsel and Brasschaat) for several months; family escapes to Lille; family escapes back to Belgium and reaches Brussels in September 1941; obtaining false documents and changing name to Jacques Hendricks; he and his brother attend a Catholic...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Max Van Dam, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1939, regarding his experiences in hiding with a Dutch family in Melderslo

Testimony of Max Van Dam, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands,1939, regarding his experiences in hiding with a Dutch family in Melderslo Childhood in Amsterdam under the German occupation with Simon and Corry Loonstein after the deportation of the witness's single mother to Westerbork in 1942; transfer into hiding with the Mulder family, a Dutch Catholic family in Melserslo, Limburg province in 1943, with the help of the student organization of the Dutch underground; living in hiding under a false identity; shelling and air-raids in 1944; liberation by the Canadian army in 1944; return to his adoptive...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Elimelech Solomon Abel Weinreb, born in Gravenhage, the Netherlands, 1942, regarding his family's experiences in Gravenhage, deportation to Westerbork and escape to Amersfoort

Testimony

A family of six children in 's-Gravenhage; a Jewish community in the city; religion and belief; the father is a teacher in an elementary school; German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940; movement restrictions in 1942; deportation of some of the relatives; termination of the father's work as a teacher; father’s ties with Dutch underground; preparation of hiding places for Jews by the father; birth of the witness; arrest of the father and other members of the underground; deportation with the family to Westerbork in 1943; death of the brother; escape of the family from the camp with the help of an...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Anna Annie (Cohen) de Levie, born in Amsterdam, 1920, regarding her experiences in Amsterdam, in hiding in various places in the Netherlands, 1940-1944, and in the Westerbork, Auschwitz and Liebau camps, 1944-1945 - Memoirs of Anna Annie (Cohen) de Levie in Hebrew (photocopy), with supplements (regarding the experiences of her family after 1945) by her daughter, Varda Nakash (printed from a file): Family life in Amsterdam; participation of the witness in sports activities; occupation of the Netherlands by the Germans, 10 May 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; work as a nurse at a hospital in...

File Number : 9494

Type of Material : Poem/song, Memoirs, List of Jews

Language : Hebrew, Dutch

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