Testimony of Frida (Steinberg) Orman, born in Vienna, Austria in 1924, regarding her experiences in Vienna, in hiding in Brussels, in Montegut Plantaurel, using a false identity in Grenoble, and in other places
Life before the war; she attends a state school; Anschluss;
Deportation of her father to Dachau camp; deportation of Jews who are originally from Poland to the Polish border; escape to Brussels; they find a hiding place in the home of the Toutenel family with the help of the French underground; they receive a warm [positive] treatment from the Toutenel family; her mother escapes to Antwerp;...
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...
Testimony of Elyana Krasner née Khelmer, born in 1933 in Paris, about her experiences in Paris and her escape to the south of France
Life in a wealthy and respected family (which had escaped from Communist Russia) living in Paris; German occupation ensues in May 1940; escape to a village in the vicinity of Bordeaux; returning home about three months later; closing the family's bank account; mother decides to register as French; father is captured and sent to the Gurs camp in August 1942; undergoing baptism; obtaining bogus papers; mother decides to escape from Paris in August 1942; denunciation; Gestapo...
Testimony of Lisa Daniel, born in Paris, France, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Paris, Drancy and Amiens
From a secular family.
Drafting of her father into military service, September 1939; her father's death in battle in northern France; removal from Paris with her brother; heavy air-raids; return to Paris, winter 1940; death of her younger brother, summer 1940; displays of antisemitism; yellow badge; removal from school with her sister by French policemen; deportation with their mother to a police roundup point and from there deportation to Drancy; release (because her mother is a war...
Testimony of Yeshayahu Shaye Charles Gertner, born in Otwock, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Brussels, in a village in the Haute area, in hiding in Nice, in hiding in Perpignan and in other places
Life before the war; move to Brussels, 1932; life in Brussels; his father was a Rebbe.
Arrival of refugees to Brussels from Germany, 1936; displays of antisemitism; German occupation, May 1940; escape to a village in the Haute area with his family; life in the village including problems keeping kosher; contact with Jews in Toulouse; move of Jewish refugees to Villefranche, October 1940;...
List of Swedish citizens living in the Seine region, March 1943
List of Swedish citizens living in the Seine region, March 1943; a letter in German, written 12 March 1943, is attached to the list.
Testimony of Misa Ines (Ezra) Navon, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Tripoli and Sfax
Life in Tripoli before the war.
Approach of the war front; escape with her family; escape back to Tripoli; life in Tripoli including deportation to the city square by Italian soldiers; deportation to Sfax by train by Italian soldiers; camp life with her family including her brother's death; lack of activity; liberation by the British Army, 1943.
Life in Sfax under the supervision of French policemen; return to Tripoli; life in Tripoli including displays of antisemitism on the part...
Testimony of Joseph Mason Harman, born in Valenciennes, France, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in western France and using a false identity in Valenciennes
Life before the war; life with a family without French citizenship.
German occupation, June 1940; escape to western France; life in western France; escape back to the family home; life in Valenciennes including yellow badge; attends a public school; antisemitic propaganda in the press and on the radio; sending of parcels to family in Poland; registration of the Jews in the French police stations; German soldiers and French gendarmes break...
Documentation regarding Le Malzieu where Jews were hidden
In the file:
- List of Jews who were in Le Malzieu, 1942;
- List of Jews who were arrested by the Gestapo in the Lozere area;
- Local police reports regarding arrests of Jews and their deportation to Gurs.
File Number : 456
Type of Material : List of Deportees, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, List of Persecuted Persons, List of Names, List of Jews
Testimony of Joseph Rozenfeld, born in Rennes, France, 1934, regarding his experiences in Nantes, Mauve, Drancy, Vittel and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944
His family were originally from Eretz Israel; life in Nantes, 1937.
Outbreak of the war, 1940; escape of his father to Eretz Israel; escape to Mauve; search for a hiding place; deportation to Drancy, summer 1942; transfer to Vittel, January 1943; camp life including recuperation from infection and attends school; aliya to Eretz Israel via Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, June 1944.
Reunion with his father.