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Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Nehama May Margolin Alsace, born in Voorburg, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her hiding place with a Dutch family in The Hague during the war Childhood in a religious family; her father's work in a parchment paper factory; parental acquaintance with Borculo; her mother's origin is Hague; move of her family to the suburb of Hague, to Voorburg. German occupation, 1940; birth of the witness, April 1941; deportation of Jewish men, 1942; decision on immigration to South America; obtaining documents for immigration; witness disease in kidney disease; cancellation of immigration plans; giving the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Chaim Herman Mansfeld, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1943, regarding his experiences as a baby in Amsterdam and while hidden by non-Jewish families in Laren and Soest

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Testimony of Chaim Herman Mansfeld, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1943, regarding his experiences as a baby in Amsterdam and while hidden by non-Jewish families in Laren and Soest His parents' life in Amsterdam during the war; his parents' life while using forged documents which were provided to them by a woman friend from the underground; his parents receive information regarding the need to find a hiding place; witness is entrusted at the age of three months to a physician who was connected to the underground; transfer to the home of three elderly sisters in Laren; life in Laren; transfer to Soest;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Alfred Brommet, born in Enschede, the Netherlands, 1940, regarding his experiences while hidden by a priest and in the home of a Jewish family in Bolsward

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Testimony of Abraham Alfred Brommet, born in Enschede, the Netherlands, 1940, regarding his experiences while hidden by a priest and in the home of a Jewish family in Bolsward Secular family; life until late 1942. Hidden by a priest; move to a religious family in Bolsward; good attitude toward the witness; life until the liberation without any lacking, February 1945. Reunion with his mother whom he did not know; move to Amsterdam with his mother; his mother's aliya to Israel; placed in a Jewish orphanage, early 1946; aliya to Eretz Israel, summer 1947; absorption in a kibbutz.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ilana Helge Inge (Kaufman) Eber, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1931, regarding her experiences being hidden by Dutch families

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Testimony of Ilana Helge Inge (Kaufman) Eber, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1931, regarding her experiences being hidden by Dutch families From a secular family. Outbreak of the war, 1940; transfer to a Jewish school; her father's work through an Aryan trustee; life being hidden by a Dutch family in Amerongen from May 1943; transfer among other families; work as a housemaid until May 1944; liberation by the US Army. Move to relatives; emigration to Chile with her sister, 1946; aliya to Israel with a Hashomer Hatzair aliya training group, 1952.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yaakov Jaap Ros, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam, Westerbork, in hiding in homes in a village and Haren

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Jaap Ros, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam, Westerbork, in hiding in homes in a village and Haren Life before the war; religious family. Outbreak of the war; work of his father sending parcels to the Red Cross; receives permission to stay in Amsterdam; order to report with baggage, summer 1943; deportation to Westerbork; camp life; his father is appointed the block elder; release due to the Red Cross claiming they need a father; "Aktion" by the Germans; escape to be hidden by a village family; life in the village; suicide of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Susanne (Stoll) Kitron, born in Breslau, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Breslau, in hiding in Amsterdam, Utrecht, S Gravenhage and with the underground in Rotterdam

Testimony

Testimony of Susanne (Stoll) Kitron, born in Breslau, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Breslau, in hiding in Amsterdam, Utrecht, S Gravenhage and with the underground in Rotterdam Life before the war; Nazi rise to power, January 1933; persecution of her father because he is a Social-Democrat; smuggling of party activists including her father into Czechoslovakia; displays of antisemitism; transfer to attendance at a Jewish school; her parents' escape to the Netherlands; escapes and joins her parents in Amsterdam, June 1934; life in Amsterdam; acquaintance with Anne Frank and her family; German...

File Number : 12951

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Armon Menachem Enno Wieqman Filipson, born in Leiden, the Netherlands, 1942, regarding his experiences as a baby in Leiden, in hiding, in Hollandscheveld and in hiding in Ter Apel

Testimony

Testimony of Armon Menachem Enno Wieqman Filipson, born in Leiden, the Netherlands, 1942, regarding his experiences as a baby in Leiden, in hiding, in Hollandscheveld and in hiding in Ter Apel Religious family; his father is an administrative director of a Jewish orphanage; witness and his siblings are entrusted for hiding in homes of non-Jewish families, March 1943; move to Hollandscheveld to the home of a non-Jewish couple (the husband is active in the underground); fostered by the couple; detention of the husband; move to Ter Apel; life in Ter Apel while in hiding in a granary; move back to the foster...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marianne Van Geuns, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her experiences in Rotterdam, in hiding in Rotterdam while using a false identity, and in Laren

Testimony

Testimony of Marianne Van Geuns, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1941, regarding her experiences in Rotterdam, in hiding in Rotterdam while using a false identity, and in Laren Her childhood with her family. Her parents' attempt to escape to Switzerland, 1942; witness is entrusted to a non-Jewish family in Rotterdam; disappearance of her parents; life with the family as a child who was found on the street after an air-raid. Return of her uncle's wife, 1947; announcement to the community [?]; legal deliberation; move to the family of her father's cousin who was married to a non-Jewish woman; life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Shlomo Boba, born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences in hiding in Bussum

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Boba, born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences in hiding in Bussum Secular family. Witness is entrusted to a secular non-Jewish family in Bussum, summer 1942; life with his foster parents; hidden in the attic in a double wooden wall during danger; hidden by another family several times; life towards the end of the war; many air-raids; hunger; liberation. Reunion with his father and his younger sister; return to Eindhoven; aliya to Israel, 1956.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edith (Hausler) Feldman, born in Duisburg, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Duisburg, during Kristallnacht, Arnhem, in hiding in Achterveld and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Edith (Hausler) Feldman, born in Duisburg, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Duisburg, during Kristallnacht, Arnhem, in hiding in Achterveld and other places Family of immigrants originally from Poland; religious family. Destruction of property during Kristallnacht; escape to relatives in Duesseldorf; detention of her father and his death in Dachau; move to the Netherlands under the protection of the Jewish committee; life in Arnhem; in hiding in Achterveld; in hiding in Lochem; in hiding in Rotterdam; in hiding in Assag; in hiding in S Gravenhage with help from the Dutch...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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