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Testimony of Eikhner Perser Suzanna Esther , born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, in 1937 regarding the christianization of the family and the hiding with acquaintances

Educated family; the grandfather-head of the community; independance of Slovakia in 1939; leaving the house due to limitations in the number of Jews allowed to live on the main street; christianization of the family; obtaining certificates; learning in a monastery; denunciation and deportation of the parents to Auschwitz Birkenau in September 1944; rescue by the christian family nanny; hiding with the christaian nanny until May 1945; recognition of the nanny Pestunka Augusta as a Righteous Among the Nations; return of the father after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13737

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Certification by the Catholic Church in Trebišov, Czechoslovakia, that Dr. Eugen Hecht, from Trebišov, and his family members are maintaining a Catholic way of life; certificate dated, 13 March 1943 - Certificate issued, in order to prevent the deportation of the Hecht family from Trebišov.

File Number : 139

Type of Material : Certification

Language : Slovak

Testimony of Carmela (Waldman) Krishaber, born in 1939, in Subotica, Yugoslavia - regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, and living under a false identity in a monastery and in Budapest

Testimony of Carmela (Waldman) Krishaber, born in 1939, in Subotica, Yugoslavia - regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, and living under a false identity in a monastery and in Budapest Life under Hungarian rule in 1941; German occupation in 1944; deportation to the Subotica Ghetto in 1944; life in the open ghetto and the mayor's warning about transport from the ghetto; escape with her mother to a Hungarian friend; hiding, and move into hiding at the home of a friend, Dr. Ivo Scherzer; joined there by her grandmother; she is moved by the ophthalmologist to a monastery in Subotica under a false...

File Number : 13690

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Sarah Sala Sylvia (Tzinader) Manes, born in 1930 in Stolberg, Germany, describing her move to Belgium with Kindertransport, and living in hiding places in Belgium

Testimony

Testimony of Sarah Sylvia (Tzinader) Manes, born in 1930 in Stolberg, Germany Her father immigrated from Galicia; her father's occupation - management of the family grocery store; good relations with the German saleswomen; the closing of the grocery store in 1938; her father's deportation to Poland; transfer of the witness with Kindertransport to her relatives who lived in Belgium, in January 1939; illegal border crossing into Belgium by two of her brothers in 1940; attempted escape to France with the beginning of the German occupation; deportation of her mother to Aachen camp; marched to a transport in...

File Number : 13674

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gila Gerti Abraham née Lichtenstein, born in 1939 in Saarlouis, Germany about her experiences in Saarlouis, Strasbourg, the free zone of France, and the Argentan region in 1943–1944

Germany annexes Saarlouis after a plebiscite in 1935; witness escapes to France due to antisemitism in 1935; life in Strasbourg; city evacuated when war breaks out; witness escapes to Celles sur Plaine; German occupation; escape to Riberac in June 1940; Germany occupies the free zone of France in 1942; a priest helps the witness find shelter in a convent; life in hiding in the convent in Argentan, 1943–1944; liberation; difficulty in returning to Judaism; back to Strasbourg; Zionist activity in the Dror movement; immigration to Israel in 1949; adjustment to life in Israel.

File Number : 13518

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Henri Kalchheim Shahak, born in Lens, France, 1938, regarding his experiences in Roanne and Briennon

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Henri Kalchheim Shahak, born in Lens, France, 1938, regarding his experiences in Roanne and Briennon His child in a home with Zionist parents originally from Poland; attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel from France; receipt of a certificate one week before the German Army occupation of France. Escape by train ot the south of France; air-raids on the train; [arrival of] refugees to the Roanne area; life in Briennon; receives protection under the auspices of the local priest during the war years; capture of his father; rescue of his father by the priest; help by his parents in the...

File Number : 13429

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marian Troper née Hertz, born in 1930 in Strasbourg, France, about her experiences in Perigueux, in Beaulieu, and in hiding under a false identity in Autoire

Testimony

Testimony of Marian Troper née Hertz, born in 1930 in Strasbourg, France, about her experiences in Perigueux, in Beaulieu, and in hiding under a false identity in Autoire Offspring of a family with roots in France; purchasing a chateau; father inducted into the French Army; family gathers at the grandfather's chateau; Germany occupies France and the witness' area in 1940; permission to move to Perigueux; hearing rumors about deportation; escaping to Beaulieu; mother involved in saving children from camps; placement in hiding; life in hiding in Autoire under a false non-Jewish identity; father active in the...

File Number : 13485

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Sami Troper, born in Strasbourg, France, 1931, regarding his experiences in Strasbourg and Le Chatre

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Sami Troper, born in Strasbourg, France, 1931, regarding his experiences in Strasbourg and Le Chatre His parents were originally from Poland; receipt of French citizenship; life in Strasbourg. Transfer of the residents of the Alsace region to Vichy; German Army occupation of France, 1940; decision [by his family] to move to Le Chatre;; life in a house owned by the Church in La Chatre including the confiscation of transportation vehicles by the Germans; "Aktions"; receipt of advance knowledge regarding the "Aktions"; in hiding in a local clubhouse during an "Aktion"; rescue;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Naomi Katalin (Kremer) Born, born in Tiszacsege, Hungary, 1935, regarding her experiences in Tiszacsege, Debrecen, Strasshof and Vienna

Testimony

Testimony of Naomi Katalin (Kremer) Born, born in Tiszacsege, Hungary, 1935, regarding her experiences in Tiszacsege, Debrecen, Strasshof and Vienna Jewish community life in Tiszacsege; move to Debrecen. Draft of her father to labor battalions, 1941; revocation of her family's business license; secret activities in a Zionist movement, by her brother; German Army occupation [of Debrecen]; establishment of the Debrecen Ghetto; hiding of property; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Strasshof camp; transfer to labor in Vienna, with her mother and brother; labor by the children, clearing rubble;...

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

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