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rescue

"We pulled out the bars and we start jumping out."

"We joined up with a group that was going to take us across occupied territory to the Zone Libre."

"So he hid us for several days there, brought us a little food."

"So I would go there and pick up, let's say, a little three-year-old."

"He wore civilian clothes. I had no idea who he was."

"We pulled out the bars and we start jumping out."
Aron (Dereczynski) Derman

Born 1922
Slonim, Poland

Describes escape from a train during deportation from Grodno in 1943
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Felix Horn

Born 1920
Lublin, Poland

Describes attempt to flee from the Majdan Tatarski ghetto
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Frima L.

Born 1936
Volochisk, Soviet Union

Describes escape from mobile killing unit massacre
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Leo Bretholz

Born 1921
Vienna, Austria

Describes escape from a train during deportation from the Drancy camp
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Alisa (Lisa) Nussbaum Derman

Born 1926
Raczki, Poland

Describes her escape from Slonim during a roundup in 1941
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Leopold Page

Born 1917
Krakow, Poland

Describes the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto, and his escape from the ghetto
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"So he hid us for several days there, brought us a little food."
Felix Horn

Born 1920
Lublin, Poland

Describes escaping from the Majdan Tatarski ghetto and seeking shelter
Oral History
Helen Dreksler Zimm

Born 1924
Lodz, Poland

Describes obtaining a false birth certificate
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Lucine Horn

Born 1926
Lublin, Poland

Describes escape from the Majdan Tatarski ghetto
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Liny Pajgin Yollick

Born 1924
The Hague, the Netherlands

Describes fleeing to France from Antwerp
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Suse Gruenbaum Schwarz

Born 1931
Schluechtern, Germany

Describes preparation for and hiding during a Nazi raid
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Lutz Haase

Born February 21, 1914
Wrzenia, Poland

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"So I would go there and pick up, let's say, a little three-year-old."
Tina Strobos

Born 1920
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Describes hiding place and alarm system in her house
Oral History
Tina Strobos

Born 1920
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Describes courier duties for the underground in the Netherlands
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Dr. Johan Hendrik Weidner

Born October 22, 1912
Brussels, Belgium

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Gabrielle Weidner

Born August 17, 1914
Brussels, Belgium

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Danuta Justyna

Born April 1, 1923
Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland

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Kazimiera Banach Justynowa

Born July 12, 1893
Mierzen, Poland

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Maria Justyna

Born March 28, 1925
Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland

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Stefania (Fusia) Podgorska

Born 1925
Lipa, Poland

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"He wore civilian clothes. I had no idea who he was."
Leif Donde

Born May 30, 1931
Copenhagen, Denmark

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Preben Munch-Nielsen

Born 1926
Snekkersten, Denmark

Describes the Danish people's responsibility to help their Jewish fellow citizens
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Murray Pantirer

Born 1925
Krakow, Poland

Describes one of Oskar Schindler's rescue efforts
Oral History
Murray Pantirer

Born 1925
Krakow, Poland

Describes the "Schindler Jews" in the Bruennlitz factory
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Agnes Mandl Adachi

Born 1918
Budapest, Hungary

Describes Raoul Wallenberg's efforts to save Jews from deportation
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Agnes Mandl Adachi

Born 1918
Budapest, Hungary

Describes rescue activity on the banks of the Danube River and the role of Raoul Wallenberg
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