These Hard Times - A Jewish Woman's Rescue from Nazi Germany by Transport 222

In this vivid memoir originally published in German, Anne Groschler (1888-1982) recounts her 1944 escape from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Mandatory Palestine via "Transport 222", an exchange transport of 222 Jews for "Aryan" prisoners of war.

Sommario

Introduction

1. Jever 1938-1939

2. Groningen and the occupation of the Netherlands-January 1939 to 1942

3. Groningen 1942/43: Hiding, betrayal and prison

4. Camp Westerbork: November 12, 1942, to January 1944

5. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, February 1, 1944, to June 1944. Death of Hermann Groschler

6. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, April 16 to June 30, 1944: Before the Palestine exchange

7. June 30 to July 10, 1944: From Bergen-Belsen to Palestine by train

8. Arrival in Palestine on July 10, 1944, and the time thereafter

Works Cited

Illustration Credits

Info autore

Anne Groschler (1888-1982) was born in the small town of Jever in northern Germany. Once amongst the upper echelons of German society, she was ultimately persecuted as a Jew and escaped to Holland until she was betrayed and sent to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps. She eventually fled to Palestine via "Transport 222", a German prisoner exchange transport.

Riassunto

In this vivid memoir originally published in German, Anne Groschler (1888-1982) recounts her 1944 escape from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Mandatory Palestine via “Transport 222”, an exchange transport of 222 Jews for “Aryan" prisoners of war.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anne Groschler
• Con la collaborazione di: Hartmut Peters (Editore), Alexandra Berlina (Traduzione)
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.10.2022, ritardato
• EAN: 9781644699096
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-909-6
• Pagine: 114
• Illustrazioni: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); Israel, Germany, Poland, Memoirs, Netherlands, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice