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Testimony of Zeev Keler, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Issoudun and in the Jewish underground in France

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Keler, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Issoudun and in the Jewish underground in France His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family; move to Antwerp; life in Antwerp including attending the Tachkemoni school and activities in Hanoar Hatzioni; displays of antisemitism. German Army occupation of Antwerp; life under German occupation including anti-Jewish restrictions; escape to the south of France; move back to Belgium; draft of men to forced labor; burning of a synagogue and Torah scrolls; escape to Issoudun, France; labor in a labor camp, for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Shifra Sophia (Musnicki) Trocki Werber, born in Vilna, Poland, 1908, regarding her experiences in Revel, in underground activities to rescue Jewish children in the context of Jewish mutual help in Brussels, and in activities in the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ) German occupation of Belgium, 10 May 1940; escape from Brussels to Revel, near Toulouse, with her family; life in Revel for six months; return to Belgium; joins underground activities in the rescue of Jewish children in the context of Jewish mutual help in Brussels (Le Secours Mutuel Juif); activities in the Poalei Zion Left party...

File Number : 3453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Rafael Shreiber, born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1929, regarding his experiences during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Rafael Shreiber, born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1929, regarding his experiences during the war Religious family; family background; studies in the "Tachkemoni" Jewish school; outbreak of the war in 1940; escape to France; life for two years in Bandol and in Vic Fezensac; life in Vic Ternzac and Demu; life of Jews; liberation; return to Antwerp; life after the war.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Biographical summary regarding Poalei Zion Left activist, Nachum [Nuchim Pomeranc] Pomerantz, born in Sosnowiec in 1902; membership certificate in the Mouvement national belge, 1940-1945; Jewish National Fund (JNF) certificate in the name of Nuchim Pomeranc - Biographical summary regarding Nachum [Nuchim Pomeranc] Pomerantz, born in Sosnowiec in 1902 (he died in 1973): membership in the Poalei Zion Left movement from a young age; emigration to Belgium; public and political party activities, in particular in the area of children's education; participation in the establishment of Jewish schools in Brussels...

File Number : 191

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Diploma, Biography

Language : Hebrew, French, Yiddish

Testimony of Yehoyachin Gur Grünfeld, born in 1931 in Berlin, about escaping as a boy to the south of France and moving to Geneva

Testimony

Testimony of Yehoyachin Gur Grünfeld, born in 1931 in Berlin, about escaping as a boy to the south of France and moving to Geneva Orthodox religious way of life; witness attends a cheder; family escapes to Antwerp; witness attends Tachkemoni School; Belgium occupied; witness escapes to Bagnères-de-Luchon, in the south of France; arrested; deported to the Rivesaltes camp; separated from parents; placed in the Bagnères-de-Luchon children's home with help from the OSE; exfiltrated to Switzerland; life at the Henri Dunant center in Geneva; immigration to Eretz Israel via France after the war in 1945;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

The memoirs of Yehuda Windholz regarding his family’s experiences in Berlin, transfer to Antwerp in 1938, escape to France, hiding in Antwerp and aliya to Eretz Israel

The memoirs of Yehuda Windholz regarding his family’s experiences in Berlin, transfer to Antwerp in 1938, escape to France, hiding in Antwerp and aliya to Eretz Israel - presentation with the memoirs of Yehuda Windholz (Yehuda Elon), born in Berlin on 26 September 1930, regarding his family's experiences in the Holocaust (presentation includes family documents and photos): Aliya of Yehuda's paternal grandparents from Germany to Eretz Israel in 1936; Yehuda’s move from Berlin to Antwerp in 1938, after Kristallnacht; the move of Yehuda's parents to Antwerp; Yehuda's studies at a Jewish school in Antwerp; the...

File Number : 8946

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English

Testimony of Silvan Brakhfeld, born in Antwerp in 1932, regarding his experiences in Bois de Villers village and a convent in Hodimont

Testimony

Testimony of Silvan Brakhfeld, born in Antwerp in 1932, regarding his experiences in Bois de Villers village and a convent in Hodimont Family in Antwerp; religious life, attending an Agudat Israel school; expulsion of Jewish refugees to Germany in 1939; German occupation ensues in 1940; escaping toward the French border; sent back to Antwerp by the Germans; pogrom in Antwerp; torching of Torah scrolls; various strictures imposed; the yellow star decree; obtaining false documents from members of the Belgian resistance; denunciation triggers hunt for false documents by Gestapo operatives; father taken to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Claude (Levi) Iakovs, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1925, regarding her family's move to France, and in late 1940 to Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Claude (Levi) Iakovs, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1925, regarding her family's move to France, and in late 1940 to Switzerland Childhood in a secular family; her father had Swiss citizenship, and her mother was a native of France; life in France; attendance at a public elementary school and a public high school; Outbreak of the war, 1940; departure of her family approximately three days later on a train organized by the Swiss Embassy; decision to remain in France; living quarters near Paris; German occupation; move to the Loches area; living in Genille, a small village; stamping of their...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew