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Testimony of Elli (Ginsburg) Strausberg, born in Lackenbach, Austria, 1925

Testimony

Testimony of Elli (Ginsburg) Strausberg, born in Lackenbach, Austria, 1925 Childhood in a religious family; attendance at a Jewish elementary school. German occupation, March 1938; eviction from her home, March 1938; detention of her father and her sisters and their release by the witness; Kristallnacht; burning down of the synagogue; gathering the Jews in the witness' neighborhood and their abuse; escape by train together with her sister and another Jewish woman to the Swiss border, January 1939; illegal crossing of the border; first shelter as an illegal immigrant with her aunt in Lucerne; Bnei Akiva...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Vilma Cohn-Leven, born in Solingen in 1901, regarding her transfer with a group of inmates from Theresienstadt to Switzerland in February 1945

Memoirs of Vilma Cohn-Leven, born in Solingen in 1901, regarding her transfer with a group of inmates from Theresienstadt to Switzerland in February 1945 Rumors in Theresienstadt of a transport going to Switzerland; registration of the witness for the transport; leaving Theresienstadt on 5 February 1945; arrival in Switzerland; stay in Sankt Gallen. Comments from the submitter of the material: (Ingrid Haas) The original of Vilma Cohn-Leven's memoirs (handwritten in German) is at the Leo Baeck Institute (submitted in June 1971). Vilma Cohn-Leven died in Zürich on 10 April 1971. The submitter of the...

File Number : 11345

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nora (Vitale) Legziel, born in Biella, Italy in 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Biella, and her escape to Roasio, to Formigliana and to Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Nora (Vitale) Legziel, born in Biella, Italy in 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Biella, and her escape to Roasio, to Formigliana and to Switzerland Information regarding her family; her family owns a textile business in Biella; publication of the Racial Laws; expulsion of Jewish children from the schools; she studies in small classes organized by her grandfather; Aryanization of her family's business; escape to her grandparents' home in Roasio; family members who escaped from various places join them; searches [manhunts] by German soldiers; escape to a farm that her father owns;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Kolodni, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in the Varembe camp

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Kolodni, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in the Varembe camp Family background; escape to Chateau de Chabannes, 1940; meetings with his parents; move to an institution in Millau; attending a French school; escape to Montpellier; escape attempts through the Spanish border; help from members of the Communist underground; escape to Grenoble, and from there to Nice; life in a monastery; receiving food from Italian soldiers; escape with a border smuggler in the direction of Jeneke, with help from the OSE Organization; meeting Swiss border policemen and more...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew