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Testimony of Leon Genislav, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1927, regarding his experiences while in hiding in Brussels

Testimony of Leon Genislav, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1927, regarding his experiences while in hiding in Brussels Family of emigres from Poland that resided in Brussels; his father is a coal miner; good relations with the local population; outbreak of the war in 1940; life under German occupation; dispersion of his family to various hiding places in 1942; they are informed on; detention of his parents and their deportation to Mechelen camp; life with the Nils family until 1944; liberation; information regarding his parents' fate; he joins the Hashomer Hatzair movement and makes aliya to Eretz Israel from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Siegel Spira Felicia , born in Antwerpen, Belgium, regarding her escape to different places in France and her moving to Portugal

Testimony

-German occupation in 1940; air-raids and escape of her family to Bordeaux,France in 1940; escape to Toulouse and from there to Beaune; failed attempt to move to Portugal because of visas that are expired and return to Perpignan in 1940; the father obtains transit certificates to Portugal; moving via Spain to Lisboa, Portugal; life as refugees in Lisboa for a year, immigration to La Habana as refugees, citizens of Poland; Cuba in 1941 and from there, to New York,USA,and aliya to Israel in 1968

File Number : 13764

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Ann Wigoda née Mendelsohn, born in 1932 in Berlin, about her experiences as a girl in Berlin, her escape to Brussels, and her survival in orphanages and convents in Belgium under a false identity

Childhood in Berlin as the Nazis rise to power; escapes with parents to Brussels in 1938 (illegally); life under German occupation in 1940; father arrested and deported to a camp in 1941; mother falls ill and is taken to the Jewish Weisenbeek hospital near Brussels in 1941; witness placed in a residence at a teachers' college in Laeken in 1942 under a false identity; transferred to a convent in Chimay, spends several months there and is evicted in 1942; placed in the Pensiona des Soeurs de St. Vincent de Paul convent in Obourg, Mons Département; lives in the convcent under a false identity until liberation;...

File Number : 13517

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Chaim Henri Feldman, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child while in hiding in Brussels and in an orphanage in Namur

Testimony of Chaim Henri Feldman, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child while in hiding in Brussels and in an orphanage in Namur Life in his parents' home; Finding him a hiding place in his aunt's home in Brussels; escape back to his family's home; receiving information regarding a deportation to Mechelen camp and from there to Auschwitz camp on Transport no. 16 in 1942; visit by two Belgian women who are members of the Belgian underground, Jeanne and Andrée Guelen; separation from his mother; Allied Forces' air-raids; transfer to Villa Mille Fleurs in Namur; life in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rita (Halbersberg) Zeltzer, born in Kiel, Germany in 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Berlin, in Antwerp, in a village in the Diepenbeek area, in a monastery in Gellick and in other places Rise to power of the Nazi Party, 1933; deportation to Berlin with her family; anti-Jewish legislation; publication of Nazi propaganda; abuse of people on the street by Hitlerjugend members; Kristallnacht, November 1938; escape to Antwerp; death of her mother; German occupation, May 1940; detention of her father, and his release; capture and deportation with her father and sister on a train to...

File Number : 13645

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gitla Juliet Naomi (Kempner) Alter, born in Pabjanice, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Antwerp, Brussels and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Gitla Juliet Naomi (Kempner) Alter, born in Pabjanice, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Antwerp, Brussels and in hiding Emigration of her family from Poland to Antwerp; her childhood, until the outbreak of the war. German Army occupation of Belgium; escape to Brussels with her family; in hiding in various places including Liege; receives help from the local population; in hiding in a monastery; liberation by the US Army, 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 2000.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

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 Dora (Susswein) Jacobsohn, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1940, regarding her experiences in Antwerp and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Dora (Susswein) Jacobsohn, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1940, regarding her experiences in Antwerp and in hiding Family life before the war. German occupation of Antwerp, May 1940; escape of her family to the villages in the area; escape of her family to southern France; return to Antwerp; birth of her brother, March 1942; escape of her family to the villages in the area, summer 1942; underground activities of her father; changing hiding places; being hidden by the Herremans family (later recognized as Righteous Among the Nations); capture of her father while traveling to Antwerp; separation...

File Number : 13316

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Rosalia Nina (Schneider) David, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1936, regarding her experiences in Antwerp, Profondeville, an orphanage and in hiding in St. Servais while using a false identity German Army occupation [of Antwerp]; escape to France via Dunkerque; return of her family to Antwerp, 1940; life in Antwerp including air-raids and anti-Jewish legislation; her family's move to Profondeville, 1941; fear of deportation to concentration camps; placed in an orphanage of a Catholic monastery in the Namur region; hiding of her parents by a Belgian family, 1942; move from the orphanage to her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Lili (Goldberg) Shapira, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences in Brussels, Paris, in hiding in Brussels and in hiding in Wezembeek

Testimony

Testimony of Lili (Goldberg) Shapira, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1935, regarding her experiences in Brussels, Paris, in hiding in Brussels and in hiding in Wezembeek Her childhood with her family, before the war. German Army occupation of Brussels, May 1940; escape to Paris with her parents; her father's detention; disappearance of her father; move back to Brussels, late 1940; life in Brussels under German occupation including anti-Jewish legislation, confiscation of property, shortage of food and the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; expulsion from the school, 1942; kidnapping of her mother on the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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