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Testimony of Meir Max Sherman, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding hiding in the village of Saint Julien du Saul

Testimony

Childhood in Paris before the war; family life; German occupation, May 1940; arrest of his father following denunciation and his deportation to Drancy, 1941; yellow badge decree, early 1942; manhunt for Jews, July 1942; escape with his mother and grandfather with the assistance of a [female] French worker employed in the family business; hiding in Saint Julien du Sault; denunciation, and capture of his mother and grandfather; being smuggled to a nearby forest with the help of the partisans; return to the village after about ten days; liberation in the summer of 1944; Life after the war; aliya to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Testimony of Shlomo Shenker Fisher, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1936, regarding his experiences in Paris, in hiding in a school in Paris and in a village in the Grenoble area

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Shenker Fisher, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1936, regarding his experiences in Paris, in hiding in a school in Paris and in a village in the Grenoble area Family life before the war. German occupation, May 1940; escape of the family to Paris; death of the witness' little brother en route; anti-Jewish legislation; yellow badge; travel limitations; concentration of the Jewish males in a stadium in Paris, summer 1942; detention of his father; escape of his father from detention and his hiding in the house; displays of antisemitism at school; capture of the family in their home, late 1943;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel regarding the support for persecuted Jews: Personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp, 1940–1945 Names of Jewish Vitctims: - Berthold Daube und Frieda Daube, Freiburg & Amsterdam and names of other victims, 04/07/1940 – 13/11/1943, pp. 147-248 - Dr. Egmond Woititz, Paris & Camp de la Viscox Tarn, France and Rosa Woititz (mother), Berlin, 01/02/1940 – 29/03/1943, pp. 259-316 & 469 - Willy Wolf, Arnhen and names of other Jewish victims, 10/12/1940...

File Number : 3.2

Type of Material : Postcard, Document, Letter

Language : French, German

Correspondence of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany (Benno Kaufmann) in Basel regarding the support for persecuted Jews: Personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp, 1939 –1945 Following people are mentioned: - Lola Jablonsky and Alice Kaufmann in Gurs concentration camp, 24/08/1941, p.535, 10/01/1941, p. 2, 16/12/1940, p. 367 - Alfred Cahn and his wife in Gurs concentration camp or Grenade (Haute Garonne), 03/03/1941 – 17/07/1941 p. 4-9 - Emma Goldschmidt, Gurs concentration camp, 23/10/1942, p. 109; 19/10/1942, p. 111 -...

File Number : 3.1

Type of Material : Document, Postcard, Letter

Language : French, German

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 Genevieve Poulain Billard, from Versailles, France, regarding the experiences of Julien Bercault following the restrictions imposed on the Jews in France

Testimony of Genevieve Poulain Billard, from Versailles, France, regarding the experiences of Julien Bercault following the restrictions imposed on the Jews in France Marking of the window of the shop in which Julien Bercault worked as a manager, with a sign: "Jewish business", 15 April 1941; termination of payment of Bercault's salary, 01 April 1941; escape of Bercault to the Free Zone; Note: Testimony was brought to Dr. Symon Sadoun in Versailles by one of his patients, who found the document among her mother's papers; Included in the file: - Experiences of an unidentified French woman; -...

File Number : 8617

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Paul Pinchas Ben-Shaul Reichmann, born in 1934 in Lille, France, about his wartime experiences as a boy in hiding in France, the Champery refugee camp, the home of a Jewish family in Lausanne, etc.

German occupation ensues in 1940; family tries unsuccessfully to escape to the south of France (to Rue); escaping back to Lens in 1940; escaping to Paris; escaping to Piot in 1941; attempting to run the border with the family to the Free Zone of France; arrested by the Germans; trial and detention in a lockup in Biarritz in 1941; father detained separately; released and returns to Paris for several months; another attempt to escape to the south of France; escaping to Benejacoq in 1941; life in hiding there; transferred with help from the French resistance and the Jewish MJC organization to a convent in...

File Number : 13616

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Odette (Latowicz) Szyper, born in Paris, France, 1928, regarding her family's experiences and her experiences in Paris

Memoirs of Odette (Latowicz) Szyper, born in Paris, France, 1928, regarding her family's experiences and her experiences in Paris Deportation of her father from Drancy to Auschwitz on Transport Number 11, 27 July 1942; her father's arrival in Auschwitz, 29 July 1942; deportation of her mother, brother, Henri, and sister, Suzanne, to Drancy on Transport Number 46, 09 February 1943; deportation to Auschwitz, 11 February 1943. Life in Paris from June 1940; deportation of the family to Drancy, and from there to Auschwitz, 1942-1943; imaginary letter written to her father regarding her experiences in France...

File Number : 8281

Type of Material : Correspondence, Memoirs, Speech

Language : Hebrew, French

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

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