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Testimony of Lore (Zimels) Sieskind, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences and the activities of Zionist and resistance movements in the Netherlands, 1939-1944

Testimony of Lore (Zimels) Sieskind, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences and the activities of Zionist and resistance movements in the Netherlands, 1939-1944 Replies to the questionnaire, issued by the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, December 1955: - Member of Hashomer Hazair (Werkleute - Bund Juedischer Jugend), 1932; - Move to the Werkdorp (Work Village) Wieringen, Netherlands, (by Hechalutz), June 1939; - Stateless, from 1941; - Evacuation of the Werkdorp, March 1941; - Residence at Beith Chaluz in Amsterdam, July...

File Number : 5191

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Herman Italiaander regarding life in hiding in the Netherlands, capture and escape from Westerbork, escape to Spain via Belgium and France, 1942-1944

Testimony of Herman Italiaander regarding life in hiding in the Netherlands, capture and escape from Westerbork, escape to Spain via Belgium and France, 1942-1944 Replies to the questionnaire, issued by the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, December 1955: - Going underground in Amsterdam, July 1942; - Being kidnapped and blackmailed by two men, while on the way to The Hague, one of the men was a Jew named Querido; - Life in hiding in various locations in the Netherlands; - Capture and deportation to Westerbork, 26 November 1942; - Contact...

File Number : 5144

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Memoirs, Names, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Seew (Werner) Hirschfeld regarding aliya training in Germany and the Netherlands, life in hiding in the Netherlands, betrayal and deportation to Westerbork, escape, escape to Spain via Belgium and France, 1936-1944 Replies to the questionnaire, issued by the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, August 1955: - Aliya training in Germany, 1936-1939, - Aliya training in the Netherlands, 1939-1943; - Going underground in the Netherlands, life in hiding, early 1943-early 1944; - Unsuccessful escape attempt to France with a mixed group of...

File Number : 5143

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Names, Memoirs, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Ernst Ascher, born in Liebemuehl, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Netherlands, including aliya training, hiding and escape to France, Zionist and underground activities, and detention at Fresnes, Drancy, Buchenwald, Dora, Ellrich, Harzungen and Bergen-Belsen, 1939-1945 Replies to the questionnaire, issued by the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, February 1957: - Chaver (member) of Habonim, 1937; - Move from Germany to the Netherlands, [helped] by Hechalutz, August 1939; - Aliya training at Werkdorp (Work Village)...

File Number : 5128

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Batia Stern-Britz, regarding her Hachshara (aliya training) in Havelberg, Germany and Loosdrecht, the Netherlands, 1938-1942, life in hiding in the Netherlands, 1942-1944, and escape to Spain followed by aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Replies to the questionnaire, issued by the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, April 1956: Testimony of Batia Stern-Britz, including aliya training in Havelberg, Germany, 1938; emigration to the Netherlands, January 1939; apprenticeship and aliya training in the Netherlands, 1939-1942; going underground in the...

File Number : 5105

Type of Material : Testimony, Memoirs, Questionnaire, Names

Language : Hebrew, German