[Report about the situation for Jews in Nazi occupied Luxemburg and escape in 1941]

Identifier
990004793300304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1977
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Scope and Content

Eyewittness accountof Felix Kahn about the situation in Nazi occupied Luxemburg and his efforts to flee Luxemburg. Felix Kahn succeeded to escape Luxemburg in 1941 through Portugal to the United States. Several documents concerning his escape are in the file next to his handwritten and typed testimony from 1977. His testimony is about the persecution of the Jews in Luxemburg and the deportations of the Jews from Luxemburg and his efforts to receive visas and his escape to Spain and the help of an emissary of the Joint in Lissabon. Letters and notices of the former president of the Jewish community in Luxemburg Sternberg and the Joint are about permissions for Kahn. A letter of the Belium consulate in Barcelona. Letters of Sequerra and Edward Buxton.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mode of access: WWW

Note(s)

  • Electronic access only

  • copies of telegrams; typed and handwritten correspondence

  • Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015

  • Title viewed 24.08.17

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