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Testimony of Toni (Tauba Susskind)Veber, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1927regarding persecution of the Jews of Antwerp and her escape to Switzerland

Testimony

Childhood in Antwerp; arrival of refugees from Germany; German occupation, May 1940; failed escape attempt to England; anti-Jewish legislation; expulsion from school; evening curfew; Aryanization; activity in Bnei Akiva; escape with her brother from Antwerp, 1942; illegally crossing the border into France with forged documents; illegally crossing the border into Switzerland in the Annecy area; capture by Swiss gendarmes and deportation back to France; re-crossing the border into Switzerland; life in a refugee camp near Zurich; assistance from a local nun; end of the war, May 1945; Aliya to Eretz Israel,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 8661

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

To be translated

File Number : 8660

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Letter written by Sophia Schlesinger in the Caux refugee camp to her husband István Schlesinger in Eretz Israel, 18 December 1944

Letter written by Sophia Schlesinger in the Caux refugee camp to her husband István Schlesinger in Eretz Israel, 18 December 1944 In the letter there is a description of life in the Caux camp [following their arrival from Bergen-Belsen, December 1944]; the care for their daughters, the state of health of István's father and her efforts to expedite their aliya to Eretz Israel (apparently the letter relates to a group of survivors from the Kasztner train). Also in the file: - List of six silver objects in Hungarian and in Hebrew translation; - Confirmation regarding the deposit of valuables belonging to...

File Number : 2054

Type of Material : List, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Postcards sent to Gardyn family members in Brussels by their family members in Warsaw, 1941 and personal documentation of the Gardyn and Wahrmann families during the war, including forged documents

Postcards sent to Gardyn family members in Brussels by their family members in Warsaw, 1941 and personal documentation of the Gardyn and Wahrmann families during the war, including forged documents Gardyn family in Brussels: Postcards: - Postcard sent by Perla Gardyn from Warsaw to her family in Brussels, 04/11/1941; - Postcard sent by Ceska and Szmelek Najsztein (the children of Haya Najsztein, the sister of Ita Gitla Gardyn) to their family members in Brussels, 29/04/1941; Documentation regarding the Gardyn family: - Declaration by the Succulus company in Montauban regarding their...

File Number : 1913

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Certification, Official Documentation, Postcard

Language : Polish, French, Dutch, German

Memoirs of Chava Éva (Beregi) Zahavi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1913, regarding her experiences in Budapest, transport on the Kasztner train; in Bergen-Belsen, Saint Gallen and the Caux sur Montreux DP camp Life before the war; her parents are Zionist activists in Tel Aviv; life in Tel Aviv in order to complete a Ph.D. in Chemistry; marriage to János Détshy, a chemical engineer, autumn 1942; birth of their son, András Ábrahám, 05 October 1943. German occupation, 19 March 1944; turning of the family home into a marked house; deportation of her husband to a labor battalion, Jászberény, 27 June 1944; escape...

File Number : 16

Type of Material : Photograph, Poems/songs, Death Certificate, Memoirs, Letter, Diagram

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Magda Ödönné (Komor) Lederer, born in Szabadka, Yugoslavia, 1900, regarding her experiences in the Szabadka Ghetto, Bácsalmás camp, in Budapest, and transfer on the Kasztner train to Bergen-Belsen and more

Memoirs of Magda Ödönné (Komor) Lederer, born in Szabadka, Yugoslavia, 1900, regarding her experiences in the Szabadka Ghetto, Bácsalmás camp, in Budapest, and transport on the Kasztner train to Bergen-Belsen and more Life in Szabadka during the German occupation; restrictions on Jews including the yellow badge; sewing of valuables inside clothing; assembly of 350 men, including her husband, Ödön Lederer, and her brother, Ernő, night of 13 April 1944; deportation of the men, apparently to Germany, April 1944; receiving a farewell letter from her husband and a request to take care of their daughter, Kata;...

File Number : 129

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

זיכרונותיו של Mayer Relles מפולין, יליד 1908, על קורותיו באיטליה בשנים 1933- 1944 ועל בריחתו לשוויץ באפריל 1944

File Number : 1564

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs of Shalom Schotten, born in 1934 in Vienna, about his experiences in Austria, Slovakia, France, and Switzerland during and after the Holocaust

Memoirs of Shalom Schotten, born in 1934 in Vienna, about his experiences in Austria, Slovakia, France, and Switzerland during and after the Holocaust Childhood in Mattersdorf (Mattersburg)—Germany annexes Austria in March 1938; witness's father arrested as Germans arrive; father imprisoned, beaten, and tortured; father released, leaves Austria, and moves to France; places five children with relatives in Guta, Czechoslovaka; mother moves to France; witness and sister, Ilse, placed by parents in France with a friend of the family; the three other children remain in Czechoslovaka (and perish in the Holocaust);...

File Number : 12924

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

פריט ללא רישום

File Number : 12726

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, German

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