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Author Gröschler, Änne, 1888-1982, author.

Title These hard times : a Jewish woman's rescue from Nazi Germany by Transport 222 / Anne Groschler ; edited with an Introduction by Hartmut Peters ; translated by Alexandra Berlina
Published Brookline, MA : Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic Studies Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 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 -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index
Summary "Änne Gröschler (1888-1982) from the small town of Jever in northern Germany escaped the Holocaust with the so-called "Transport 222" in 1944, when 222 "exchange Jews" from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were taken to the Mandate Palestine. Despite all the humiliations and losses, this impressive woman drew a nuanced picture of the National Socialist era immediately after her rescue, leaving us a unique document"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 05, 2023)
Subject Gröschler, Änne, 1888-1982.
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
SUBJECT Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) fast
Subject Jews -- Persecutions -- Netherlands -- Groningen
Transport 222, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Jever
Jewish refugees -- Palestine
HISTORY / Holocaust.
Jewish refugees
Jews -- Persecutions
SUBJECT Groningen (Netherlands) -- Biography
Subject Germany -- Jever
Middle East -- Palestine
Netherlands -- Groningen
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Peters, Hartmut, editor.
Berlina, Alexandra, translator.
LC no. 2022019769
ISBN 9781644699096
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9781644699102
1644699109
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