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Testimony

Testimony of Benjamin Lublesky, born in Lublin, Poland, 1909, about enlisting in the Communist Brigade and fighting in the Spanish War, deportation to concentration camps in France and his life in WWII in Alger Family background; immigration to Belgium after graduating from high school, May 1929; arrival in Antwerpen; works in various places; affinity for communism; information about the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany and an understanding of the situation. The outbreak of war in Spain; enlistment in a communist brigade with 27 other Jewish youths and departure for Spain; crossing through Paris and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Correspondence of Robert Sommer in Haute Loire Departement, Toulouse, Mantauban, and Castres, 1943–1944

Correspondence of Robert Sommer in Haute Loire Departement, Toulouse, Mantauban, and Castres, 1943–1944 Correspondence of Robert Sommer with: - Rabbi René Hirshler in Marseille and Villeneuve-sur-Lot; - Consistoire central des israélites de France [General Consistory of the Israelites in France) in Lyon; - letter from Robert Sommer, February 1944, about the deportation of René Hirschler and his wife to the Drancy camp and the appointment of Rabbi Schilli as Aumônier [Chaplain] general; Information adduced from the correspondence: - Rabbi René Hirschler is Aumônier général des camps d'internement; -...

File Number : 5463

Type of Material : Brochure, Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Poster

Language : French, German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Clipping from a French newspaper from 2015 regarding Bernard Natan (formerly Tannenzapf), born in Romania, who was deported from France to Auschwitz in 1942 and perished.

Clipping from a French newspaper from 2015 regarding Bernard Natan (formerly Tannenzapf), born in Romania, who was deported from France to Auschwitz in 1942 and perished. Clipping from the French newspaper "Les Echos", published in France on 21 May 2015, with an article by Sabine Delanglade about Bernard Natan (born Tannenzapf), born in Romania, owner of the French cinema company "Pathé" in 1929-1936: - emigration from Romania to Paris in 1909; passion for cinema; French naturalization; change of last name to Natan in 1930; ownership of the French cinema company "Pathé" in 1929; anti-semitism in the press...

File Number : 445

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : French

Testimony

Joint testimony of Rachel (Akerman) Zeiger, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1928, and Moshe Maurice Akerman, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1935, regarding their family experiences in Antwerp, Thônes, and Aix-les-Bains Family life in Antwerp before the war; the German occupation in May1940; failed escape attempt; anti-Jewish legislation; escape to southern France in December1941; life in Thônes; imposition of restrictions on movement; mandatory regular reporting to the police station; antisemitism; German occupation, November 1942; deportation of their parents to the Rivesaltes and Gurs camps; staying with the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Bernard Shmueli Samuel, born in 1937 in Vesoul, France, about his experiences in Colmar, Moulins, Toulouse, and Dému

Testimony of Chaim Bernard Shmueli Samuel, born in 1937 in Vesoul, France, about his experiences in Colmar, Moulins, Toulouse, and Dému Family life in Vesoul; father: chemistry and physics teacher; family moves to Colmar; family moves to Moulins in 1940 after father receives a teaching post; family moves to Toulouse a year later; antisemitism and restrictions imposed by Vichy authorities; family receives a Jewish refugee couple; father arrested; father released after Chief Rabbi of Toulouse intervenes; family escapes to Dému and lives there until 1945; back to Colmar after the war; witness attends a yeshiva,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Marc Rosenzweig, born in Strasbourg, France in 1929, regarding the experiences of his family members during the 1920s-1950s, including the experiences of members of the Rosenzweig and Suslenski families in France during the Holocaust period; letters and postcards sent by family members during 1939-1942, and documentation regarding the Rosenzweig, Cender and Braun families - Memoirs of Marc Rosenzweig, born in Strasbourg in 1929, regarding the experiences of his family members during the 1920s-1950s, and in particular the experiences of members of the Rosenzweig and Suslenski families in France...

File Number : 9961

Type of Material : Identity Card, Musical Notes, Personal Documents, Postcard, Letter, Diploma, Poems/songs, Memoirs, Envelope, Financial Records, Declaration

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, Yiddish

Testimony of Eve Chava (Blok) Levi, born in Strasbourg, France, in 1921, about her wartime experiences

Testimony

Testimony of Eve Chava (Blok) Levi, born in Strasbourg, France, in 1921, about her wartime experiences Pre-war family background: father—mathematics teacher and a Zionist; good relations with non-Jewish neighbors; war erupts in 1940; townspeople evacuated; witness moves to Bordeaux; attends an agricultural high school in Bretagne; first-born brother deported to Auschwitz and murdered; parents sent to Drancy due to denunciation and thence to Auschwitz and are murdered; witness escapes to Moissac under a false identity ni 1942; engages in random farm labor and childcare; war ends; witness and brother return...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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