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1. Anita Magnus Frank describes hiding in the Netherlands
the Netherlands. With the 1940 German occupation, they went into hiding and took on new names that ... When the war began, Anita and her family lived in Breda
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2. Tina Strobos describes her courier duties for the underground in the Netherlands
Netherlands in May 1940. She and members of her sorority joined the underground, and she hid Jews in her house ... Tina was a medical student when the Germans invaded the
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3. William (Bill) Lowenberg describes conditions in the Westerbork camp in the Netherlands
and his family left Germany for the Netherlands, where they had ... relatives and thought they would be safe. However, after Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940
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4. William (Bill) Lowenberg describes deportations from the Westerbork camp in the Netherlands
and his family left Germany for the Netherlands, where they had ... relatives and thought they would be safe. However, after Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940
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5. William (Bill) Lowenberg describes forced labor in the Kaufering subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp
and his family left Germany for the Netherlands, where they had ... relatives and thought they would be safe. However, after Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 ... transit camp in the Netherlands. In August 1943, Bill was deported from Westerbork to the
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6. Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Belgium, and part of the Netherlands. The treaty stipulated that Allied forces—including US troops—would ... Provisions of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany (defeated in World War I) to station
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7. Edward Adler describes roundup and deportation to the town of Oranienburg, near the Sachsenhausen camp
custody in September 1938 and left Germany. He stayed with relatives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and ... Edward was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg. In 1935, the Nuremberg
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8. Edward Lessing describes wearing the compulsory Jewish badge.
Because his father had difficulty finding employment, Edward and his family returned to the Netherlands in ... Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940. Anti-Jewish decrees were ... Netherlands began, Edward and his family went into hiding. Edward posed as a non-Jew until the end of the war.
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9. William (Bill) Lowenberg describes the importance of bonds of friendship among young people imprisoned in the Westerbork camp
and his family left Germany for the Netherlands, where they had ... relatives and thought they would be safe. However, after Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 ... transit camp in the Netherlands. In August 1943, Bill was deported from Westerbork to the
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10. Edward Adler describes deportation to and arrival at the Sachsenhausen camp
custody in September 1938 and left Germany. He stayed with relatives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and ... Edward was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg. In 1935, the Nuremberg
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11. Edward Adler describes forced labor and conditions in the Sachsenhausen camp
custody in September 1938 and left Germany. He stayed with relatives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and ... Edward was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg. In 1935, the Nuremberg
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12. Edward Adler recalls forced labor and conditions in the Sachsenhausen camp
relatives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and later immigrated to the United States. ... Several of the IMT defendants were charged with exploiting
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13. William (Bill) Lowenberg describes Zionist and cultural activities in the Westerbork camp
and his family left Germany for the Netherlands, where they had ... relatives and thought they would be safe. However, after Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 ... transit camp in the Netherlands. In August 1943, Bill was deported from Westerbork to the
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14. Ruth Moser Borsos describes the process of selection for deportations from Westerbork to Auschwitz
Ruth moved to the Netherlands after ... but Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 and they could not leave. Ruth was deported to the
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15. Selma (Wijnberg) Engel describes forced labor sorting the clothing and possessions of people deported to Sobibor
When the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, they confiscated the ... moving first to the Netherlands in 1945, then to Israel in 1951, and finally to the United States in 1957
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16. Tina Strobos describes the hiding place and alarm system in her house
Netherlands in May 1940. She and members of her sorority joined the underground, and she hid Jews in her house ... Tina was a medical student when the Germans invaded the
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17. Carla Heijmans Lessing describes the fear her family felt while in hiding
After invading the Netherlands in 1940, the Germans imposed anti ... -Jewish measures. With the aid of a Catholic priest who helped Jews find hiding places, Carla, her mother
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18. Fall of Rotterdam
Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. Four days later, German planes bombed Rotterdam ... bombing destroyed much of the city center, leaving almost 80,000 people homeless. The Netherlands ... The Germans tried to halt the raid on the city because Dutch authorities had agreed to negotiate the ... surrender of their country. However, a communications failure delayed the order halting the attack. The
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19. Ruth Moser Borsos describes forced-labor assignments in Westerbork
Ruth moved to the Netherlands after ... but Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 and they could not leave. Ruth was deported to the ... Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass") in 1938. She and her father had permits to sail to the United States ... Westerbork camp in 1943 and to the Bergen-Belsen camp in Germany in 1944. After
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20. German paratroopers land near Rotterdam
Netherlands on the first day of the German attack on that country. They seized key bridges and fortifications ... paratroopers near Rotterdam. Within days, the Netherlands was defeated. The country surrendered to Germany on ... Germany launched its western offensive on May 10, 1940. German paratroopers landed in the ... compromising Dutch defensive positions. This footage shows the German air force (Luftwaffe) dropping
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21. Hetty d'Ancona Deleeuwe describes difficulties of going into hiding
The Germans invaded the Netherlands in May 1940. After a year or ... hidden with a family in the southern Netherlands. She and both her parents survived. ... schools. The Germans took over her father's business in 1942. Hetty's father tried to prove that the ... family was Sephardic, and they were thus exempted from a roundup in 1943. Hetty's father decided that the
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22. Suse Gruenbaum Schwarz describes preparation for and hiding during a Nazi raid
Suse's family moved to the Netherlands in 1933. After invading the ... Netherlands in 1940, the Germans imposed anti-Jewish measures. From 1942, Suse could not attend school. The ... father and another couple came to hide with Suse. They were liberated in 1945. Suse arrived in the United
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23. Barbara Ledermann Rodbell describes Anne Frank's parents
In 1933 Barbara's family moved to Amsterdam, in the Netherlands ... They became friends of Anne Frank and her family. The Germans invaded the ... Netherlands in 1940. Barbara's boyfriend, Manfred, had underground contacts and she got false papers. Her ... the Westerbork camp and then to Auschwitz
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24. Ruth Moser Borsos describes roll call (Appell) in Bergen-Belsen
Ruth moved to the Netherlands after ... but Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 and they could not leave. Ruth was deported to the ... Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass") in 1938. She and her father had permits to sail to the United States ... Westerbork camp in 1943 and to the Bergen-Belsen camp in Germany in 1944. After
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25. Barbara Ledermann Rodbell describes false papers and moving people to hiding places
Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. They became friends of Anne Frank and her family. The Germans invaded ... the Netherlands in 1940. Barbara's boyfriend, Manfred, had underground contacts and she got false ... father were deported to the Westerbork camp and then to Auschwitz. Barbara survived using her false ... papers and worked for the resistance. She helped take Jews to hiding places and also hid Jews in an
