In 1939, Hildegard Levin-Gerson tried to flee Europe on board the passenger vessel St. Louis. In Cuba, the ship's destination, the passengers were not allowed to disembark. The ship returned to Europe, where they were taken in by various countries. The Netherlands took in 181 refugees. During the war, Hildegard Levin-Gerson and her family were deported. She died in Bergen-Belsen. Her three childre…
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Indexcard Westerbork, Netherlands. Hilde en haar drie dochters.
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Hilde, Ilse, Ingeborg en Miriam, passagiers St. Louis, vermeld op de distributielijst voor doorzending naar Nederland, juni 1939. (fragment vande lijst).
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Westerbork, begunstigingsformulier (zonder datum) van Max Levin uit New York voor zijn vrouw Hildegard Gerson en kinderen Ilse, Ingeborg en Miriam, verblijf hebbend in Westerbork.
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Voyage of the St. Louis, 1939
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Aankomst St. Louis in Antwerpen.
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St. Louis in Havana Bay, May 1939.
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Havana, May 1939. People in small boats trying to contact their loved ones aboard the St. Louis.
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Testimony by Inge Levin given to Yad Vashem that her mother Hildegard Gerson died of starvation on 21st of March 1945 in Bergen-Belsen.
Dated: Tucson, Arizona 1995. Signed by Inge Levin.
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‘Rivierhuis’ in De Steeg, bij Rhenen. Inge en Mirjam werden hier in veiligheid gebracht met een kindertransport uit Duitsland. Ze verbleven hier enkele maanden, eind 1938 - mei 1939. Dit was van oorsprong een vakantiekolonie voor verzwakte kinderen uit achterstandsgezinnen.
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Durchgangslager Westerbork. Main road, also called Boulevard des Misères.
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April 13 1945. Near Farsleben. Ilse, Inge and Miriam Levin were liberated from the train heading from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt. (Their mother had died a month earlier in Bergen-Belsen).
The nazi’s had already abandoned the train in fear of the American and British troops.
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Arrival of the St. Louis in Antwerp, 17th July 1939.
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Het schip Gripsholm dat Ilse, Inge en Mirjam naar New York bracht in 1946.
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Passenger list SS Cuba sailing from Havana to Key West, Florida on the 31st of January 1941. Max had received a visa for the USA, whilst in Havana, on the 21st of January 1941.
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MS Gripsholm
Person is in the National Database of Victims of Persecution