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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

Testimony

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

Correspondence with Chaim Barlas, Melech Neustadt, Venja Pomerantz and others regarding the establishment of a relief and rescue committee in Geneva and separation of the budgets of the Histadrut Labor Organization and the pioneer movements, 1942-1945 The Committee was called the " triumvirate", "quartet", and the like, at different stages. Pages 1-9: Letters from the early days of the triumvirate and its activities, December 1942; Pages 10-100: Letters and telegrams regarding the Committee and its activities. Criticism regarding its work methods, financial irregularities, together with ongoing...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Letter from Jenő Löbl in Nagykanizsa to his son, April 1944, the memories of Vera (Kelemen) Szigeti and Dov Szigeti, (born Alfred Károly Schwarz), born in Budapest and Tiszacsege, and more

Additional letters: - Letter from István Piata Löbl in Israel to Gyula Kelemen in which he asks for the hand of her daughter Vera, 1948; - Letter from H. Schwarcz in London to Dov Alfred Szigeti in Nicosia, Cyprus, 1949; - Letter from Baruch Schwarz, a member of the Socialist Workers Organization in Budapest, to members of the movement, undated; - Information from the memories of Vera (Kelemen) Szigeti, born in Budapest, 1924, a declaration form for a compensation claim from Haifa, 1970, and Vera's memoirs written by her daughter: Parents: Julius and Julianna (Levy) Kelemen; life and study in schools,...

File Number : 5795

Type of Material : Genealogy, Personal Documents, Marriage Certificate, Declaration, Form, Biography, Birth Certificate, Letter, Memoirs, Membership Cards

Language : Hebrew, English, Romanian, Russian, German, Hungarian

Testimony of Miriam Marie (Mendzhitzki) Hod, born on 1941 in Brussels, about her experiences in Brussels and hiding with a family in Les Deux-Acren

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Marie (Mendzhitzki) Hod, born on 1941 in Brussels, about her experiences in Brussels and hiding with a family in Les Deux-Acren Life in Brussels during the war; Gestapo operatives burst into the family home in August 1942; father taken away; family escapes to neighbors; witness hospitalized; escapes to the Vlamings family in Les Deux-Acren; fits into family life; Germans pay surprise visit and witness hides in a well or a granary; help from the Jewish committee and the resistance; war ends and witness returns to Brussels; immigrates to Israel in 1949; life in Israel; returns to Belgium;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew