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Testimony of Khanam Urbakh Anet , born in Paris, France , in 1935 regarding her hiding in a French village in the region of Normandie

German occupation in 1940; hiding during the deportation with friends from socialist organizations in 1941; arrest and deportation of the father to Drancy in 1942; smuggling of the witness, the brother and the members of the French foster family in the region of Normandie in 1942; life in the village; attending school as a French christian; evacuation to the forests in the area following the bombings by the Allies and return to the village in 1944; liberation by the American army in 1944; return to Paris by the mother; moving to a children's home in Calais with the help of the OSE organization and the...

File Number : 13699

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Rachel Iskoviez, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding her experiences in southern France, Rivesaltes, in an OSE children's home and in a monastery using a false identity

Memoirs of Rachel Iskoviez, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding her experiences in southern France, Rivesaltes, in an OSE children's home and in a monastery using a false identity The German occupation; escape of the family to southern France; life in the home of local non-Jews; German occupation; deportation of Jews to the Rivesaltes camp; unsuccessful attempt to escape from the camp by her father; his transfer to the Gurs camp; entrusting of Rachel to the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE-Organization to Save the Children) organization and her transfer to a children's home with her brother, Danny;...

File Number : 8633

Type of Material : Personal Records, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, French

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

זיכונותיה של Marie Budnik ילדת אקטובר 1928 ב- Paris על קורותיה בתקופת השואה במיסתור אצל משפחת Herbaut ב- Dourdan

Memoirs of Marie Budnik, born in Paris, France, 1928, regarding her experiences hidden by the Herbaut family in Dourdan Deportation of her father to a labor camp in the Nievre department; escape of the eldest son from detention in Paris. The witness is the widow of Herbaut and was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations.

File Number : 8303

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Testimony of Gershon Gerard Avraham, born in 1928 in Strasbourg, France, about his hideouts and partisan activity

Family life; eviction from Strasbourg in 1939; family moves to Clermont Ferrand; father joins the Foreign Legion; the French surrender and the witness's father escapes and joins the resistance; family hides out in the mountains; deportation order given; escaping to the mountains; forging of family name to Ubery on documents; mother helps to provide forged papers; parents active in placing Jews in hiding; establishment of the Combat Juif partisan army; witness hides in a residential institution; Gestapo manhunts and escape; family participates in warfare operations; liberation in Lyon; father active in Aliya...

File Number : 13486

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter written by Oskar Kruegel from St. Louis Hospital in Perpignan, to his daughter, 01 April 1943, and a temporary identity card for Greta Kruegel, issued 02 April 1943

Letter written by Oskar Kruegel from St. Louis Hospital in Perpignan, to his daughter, 01 April 1943, and a temporary identity card for Greta Kruegel, issued 02 April 1943 - Letter in the form of a poem written by Oskar Kruegel in St. Louis Hospital in Perpignan, to his daughter, 01 April 1943; - Translation of the letter into Hebrew and an explanation of the experiences of the Kruegel family, written by Tehilla Koenigstein; - Temporary identity card for Greta Kruegel issued, 02 April 1943, Greta is registered on the card as an Austrian; Notes: The letter was written by Oskar Kruegel in the form of...

File Number : 1671

Type of Material : Drawing, Letter, Poem/song, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, French, German

Testimony of Moshe Yves Gotel, born in Paris, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Megeia, Laprugne and Switzerland

Testimony of Moshe Yves Gotel, born in Paris, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Megeia, Laprugne and Switzerland Escape with her mother and brother to Megeia, 1939; escape to Laprugne, 1942; life in Laprugne with the family in a children's institution; her father's appointment to manage the institution by the OSE; arrest of Jews without French citizenship by the French gendarmes; escape with his brother with a group of children to Switzerland; escape with the help of a smuggler, April 1944; arrest by the Swiss police; transfer to a refugee camp under the supervision of the Swiss Army;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yoram Leon Bernard Eizikman Degani, born in Paris, France, 1932, regarding his experiences in the St. Raphael institution, his wanderings and being hidden by farmers

Testimony of Yoram Leon Bernard Eizikman Degani, born in Paris, France, 1932, regarding his experiences in the St. Raphael institution, his wanderings and being hidden by farmers His family was originally from Poland; move to Paris; acclimatization and assimilation. German occupation; life under occupation; separation from the family, 1942; transfer to the St. Raphael institution in southeast France; transfer to Moissac and to Beaulieu due to the situation; from there to a family of farmers in St. Reine; transfer to St. Pierre under the protection of the Church from fear of being informed on, until 1944;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaya Bloch, born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Montceau-les-Mines and Villefranche

Testimony of Chaya Bloch, born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Montceau-les-Mines and Villefranche From a religious Zionist family; emigration to France when the witness is two months old; life in Metz; trip to Montceau-les-Mines for summer vacation, 1939. German occupation and remaining in Montceau-les-Mines as a refugee from Lorraine; work in a stocking factory; move to Villefranche sur Saone; hunger; false identity of Sandra Helen; work in a wire factory; trade with the villagers; activities as a Scout leader; end of the war. Move to Lyons; work...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Hershlikovitz, born in Wodzislaw, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Sakrau Ghetto, the Blechhammer camp, the Greiditz camp, the Klettendorf camp and other places

Testimony of David Hershlikovitz, born in Wodzislaw, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Sakrau Ghetto, the Blechhammer camp, the Greiditz camp, the Klettendorf camp and other places Life before the war; learns in a "heder" and a Polish elementary school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to family in Sosnowiec; life in Sosnowiec; deportation to the Sakrau Ghetto; ghetto life; search for food; transfer with Jews to the square in Sosnowiec; selection, 1942; deportation to the Sakrau camp; life in the Greiditz camp; life in the Blechhammer camp; life in the Klettendorf camp; approach of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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