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Letters from Mathilda van Koppelen, the submitter's great-grandmother, in Rotterdam, to her children who escaped to Privas, before her deportation to Westerbork, whence she was sent to her death in Auschwitz

Letters from the family of Nathan and Mathilda van Koppelen of Rotterdam to their daughter in Antwerp and Privas, 1937–1942, and letter about Nathan’s death - letters and postcards sent to Jetje (van Koppelen) Smit in Antwerp and Privas, France, 1937–1942, from: -- an acquaintance, Francis Prost, in Lyon, advising of the death of her father, Nathan van Koppelen, in the Netherlands in 1941; - her parents, Nathan and Mathilda van Koppelen of Rotterdam; in the last letter from them, October 16, 1942; Mathilda apprises them of her deportation to Westerbork. Also in the file: - Dutch passports, issued in...

File Number : 6037

Type of Material : Passport, Letter, Postcard

Language : French, Dutch

Testimony of Rachel (Berkovitz) Reisman, born in Charleroi, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Charleroi, Alba, Lyon, in hiding in a monastery and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel (Berkovitz) Reisman, born in Charleroi, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Charleroi, Alba, Lyon, in hiding in a monastery and other places German Army occupation of Belgium, 1940; escape to France with her family, May 1940; German demonstrations in France, 1940-1942; family life in Alba; violin studies; her father's detention; invasion of the German Army, November 1942; move to Lyon; move to hiding place in a monastery with the intervention of Cardinal Gerlier; life in hiding in southern France, 1942; move to Montpellier, autumn, 1942; transfer to a monastery in Millau;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters written by Helene Rosenzweig in Paris, Angoulême, Poitiers camp and Angers, and on a deportation train from France, and sent to her family in Saint-Michel-de-Rivière, 1941-1942

Letters written by Helene Rosenzweig in Paris, Angoulême, Poitiers camp and Angers, and on a deportation train from France, and sent to her family in Saint-Michel-de-Rivière, 1941-1942 Letters written by Hélène Rosenzweig and sent to the Rosenzweig family (her parents, brother and sister) in Saint-Michel-de-Rivière, France: - Letter sent from Paris on 29/08/1941; on the back of the letter, Mr. Georget wrote that he requested that Hélène remain in Paris; - Letter written from a prison in Angoulême, 28/06/1942; - Letter written on a train en route to Poitiers camp, 01/07/1942; - Letter written in...

File Number : 1028

Type of Material : Letter, Envelope

Language : French, Yiddish