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Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Moshe Marcel Oren Tanenbaum, born in 1932 in Strasbourg, about his experiences as a boy in Strasbourg, Vichy, an OSE children's home in Brout-Vernet, and in hiding in Longre Les Corps until 1944

Life before the war in parents' home; membership in the Adas Yisroel congregation; refutes from Eastern Europe arrive in 1938; city evacuated; witness escapes with family to Vichy; family receives a permit to stay there as refugees from Alsace-Lorraine; helped by the Jewish community; father inducted into the French Army in December 1939; French Army surrenders and Germans capture father; witness placed in an OSE childrens's home in theChateau de Morelles in Brout-Vernet; home managed by Dr. Alexandra Bass; attends school; father returns from internment in December 1941; German army invades French free zone in...

File Number : 13599

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Ronen Reismann, born in 1927 in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Bererhovo, living under a false identity in Budapest, and immigrating to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Ronen Reismann, born in 1927 in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Bererhovo, living under a false identity in Budapest, and immigrating to Eretz Israel in 1944 Life with his family in Berehovo; Hungary re-annexes the area; rest of the family is deported to Auschwitz; Dror Habonim movement activity; working in Budapest under a false identity; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1944; rehabilitation and adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 13515

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzili Gold Dobrin Simon, born in 1925 in Berlin, about life under a false identity in Chambery, Grenoble, and Lyon

Life under Nazi rule in Berlin in 1933; reaching Paris with her family in 1938; German occupation ensues in 1940; escaping and returning to Paris; hiding from deportation by the French police and escaping with family to the Free Zone in southern France in 1942; living in the La Bourboule resort town in 1942; assistance from residents and mayor; moving with a sister to Chambery in 1943 under a false identity with help from the French resistance and the Zionist movement; moving to a farm as part of a Zionist training pogram, Toulouse Lautrec, Grenoble; moving to a pension run by the French resistance in Lyon in...

File Number : 13574

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eynat Aron Zelkind, born in 1934 in Wilno, Lithuania, about his experiences as a boy in the Wilno ghetto and the H.K.P. camp

Testimony

Testimony of Eynat Aron Zelkind, born in 1934 in Wilno, Lithuania, about his experiences as a boy in the Wilno ghetto and the H.K.P. camp Life in the Wilno ghetto from September 1941 to mid-September 1943; deportation to the H.K.P. camp; life in the camp from mid-September 1943 to July 5, 1944; liberation by Red Army forces; immigration to Israel in 1950.

File Number : 13378

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Testimony

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...

File Number : 13437

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Ludovich Steinberger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Halmeu, the Noua Sulita Ghetto and labor camps

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Ludovich Steinberger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Halmeu, the Noua Sulita Ghetto and labor camps His childhood in Halmeu with his family. Deportation of the Jews from the villages to the Noua Sulita Ghetto; deportation of the Jews to Auschwitz; life in labor camps, 1944-1945. Aliya to Israel, 1951.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth (Mendelson) De Vries, born in Paris, France, 1936, regarding her experiences while in hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian child

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Mendelson) De Vries, born in Paris, France, 1936, regarding her experiences while in hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian child In hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian girl.

File Number : 14021

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Sapirstein Sapir, born in Paris, France 1933, regarding his experiences in Paris and his aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Sapirstein Sapir, born in Paris, France 1933, regarding his experiences in Paris and his aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship Life in Paris. Aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship [1947].

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elyana Krasner née Khelmer, born in 1933 in Paris, about her experiences in Paris and her escape to the south of France

Testimony

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...

File Number : 13328

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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