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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 Paul Pinchas Ben-Shaul Reichmann, born in 1934 in Lille, France, about his wartime experiences as a boy in hiding in France, the Champery refugee camp, the home of a Jewish family in Lausanne, etc.

German occupation ensues in 1940; family tries unsuccessfully to escape to the south of France (to Rue); escaping back to Lens in 1940; escaping to Paris; escaping to Piot in 1941; attempting to run the border with the family to the Free Zone of France; arrested by the Germans; trial and detention in a lockup in Biarritz in 1941; father detained separately; released and returns to Paris for several months; another attempt to escape to the south of France; escaping to Benejacoq in 1941; life in hiding there; transferred with help from the French resistance and the Jewish MJC organization to a convent in...

File Number : 13616

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ovadia Walter Lapid Gebrandsdoffer, born in 1927 in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, regarding his experiences in Frankfurt Am Main, in Strasbourg, in the Dordagne area, and in the ranks of the underground during the war, and more. Son of a traditional, non-Zionist family in Frankfurt Am Main; studies in a Jewish school; activity in the Habonim movement; deportation of his maternal grandparents to Krakow in 1934, because they were Polish citizens; confrontations with the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend -); escape to Strasbourg in 1937; studying in a non-Jewish school; antisemitism; government-initiated...

File Number : 13902

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzili Gold Dobrin Simon, born in 1925 in Berlin, about life under a false identity in Chambery, Grenoble, and Lyon

Life under Nazi rule in Berlin in 1933; reaching Paris with her family in 1938; German occupation ensues in 1940; escaping and returning to Paris; hiding from deportation by the French police and escaping with family to the Free Zone in southern France in 1942; living in the La Bourboule resort town in 1942; assistance from residents and mayor; moving with a sister to Chambery in 1943 under a false identity with help from the French resistance and the Zionist movement; moving to a farm as part of a Zionist training pogram, Toulouse Lautrec, Grenoble; moving to a pension run by the French resistance in Lyon in...

File Number : 13574

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Desider Steinmetz, born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania, about his experiences in Heide, Oostende, Marseille, the Les Milles camp, and other locations

Testimony

Testimony of David Desider Steinmetz, born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania, about his experiences in Heide, Oostende, Marseille, the Les Milles camp, and other locations Life before the war; offspring of a Satmar and Sighet Hasidic family; emigration to Belgium in 1937; life in Antwerp; attending a yeshiva in Heide; German occupation ensues in 1940; escaping to Oostende; bombardment of Dunkirk; escaping to Gravelines in 1940; fleeing back to Antwerp; life under German occupation; escaping to Paris in 1941 after receiving a deportation order in Limbourg; escaping to Marseille (in the Free Zone) in 1941; life...

File Number : 13437

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Testimony of Yishayahu Charles Klein, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Yishayahu Charles Klein, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Mauthausen Childhood; move to Belgium due to economic difficulties. Persecution of the Belgian Jews; deportation to France; return to Belgium; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; forced labor; death march to Mauthausen; liberation by the US Army. Aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence by the German Foreign Ministry with the Reichssicherheitshauptamt - RSHA (Reich Security Head Office) and the German Embassy in Paris, regarding the deportation of the Jews from France, the Netherlands and Belgium, 1942 - Telegram sent by Martin Luther to the German Embassy in Paris and to the German delegations in Brussels and The Hague, including an announcement by the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD –BdS (Commander of the SIPO and the SD) regarding the intention to start the deportation of the Jews of France, the Netherlands and Belgium to Auschwitz, during which...

File Number : 218

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Letters sent by Regine from Paris to her brother Georges "Jojo" Gartenlaub, 1943-1944

Letters sent by Regine from Paris to her brother Georges "Jojo" Gartenlaub, 1943-1944 Included in the file: - Letter from the Conservatory, including an announcement regarding the ban against teaching Jewish pupils, 25/09/1942; - Original identity card and forged identity card belonging to Polly Gartenlaub; - Letter written by Clairette (Vigder) Wolczak to her mother, 25/09/1943.

File Number : 1020

Type of Material : Letter, Photograph, Identity Card

Language : French

Letters written to their family members by son Ruwem Frankensztajn and his father Fiszelt Frankensztajn, and to the commander of Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande camps, 1941-1942

Letters written to their family members by son Ruwem Frankensztajn and his father Fiszelt Frankensztajn, and to the commander of Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande camps, 1941-1942 Request by Ruwem Reuven and Fiszelt Fishel for an exit permit, in order to visit his mother/ his wife; Included in the file: Antisemitic newspaper clippings regarding the detention in Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande camps of approximately 5,000 foreign-born Jews who resided in Paris, 05/1941.

File Number : 1016

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter

Language : French

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