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Cohen, Mathilde

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Colpaert, Georges
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Mathilde Cohen was born in Rhodes (then Italy) in 1927. She recalls learning fascist ideology; her sister's emigration to the Congo in 1939; many other Jews leaving; deportation with her family by boat to Piraeus, then by train from Athens to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her family; the shock of learning of the gassings; occasionally seeing her brother; difficulties with veteran prisoners and communication (they did not speak Yiddish); learning her brother had been killed; transfers to Landsberg, Kaufering, and Bergen-Belsen; slave labor; liberation by British troops; poor treatment by the British; assistance from Italian POWs; living in Celle; transport to Rome; assistance from a Rhodian family; living in the Belgian Congo; and moving to Belgium in 1961 when tensions increased. Ms. C. discusses reluctance to share her experiences, even with her children; solidarity with other Rhodians in concentration camp; nightmares; and recently visiting Auschwitz.

(Copyright : Fortunoff Video Archives for Holocaust Testimonies – Yale)

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Code interview : YA/FA/085
Date interview : 25/09/1995
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 4h51
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Yannis Thanassekos et Michel Rosenfeldt
Cameraman : Olivier Maghe
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : Oui
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Auschwitz / Birkenau | Bergen-Belsen | Chaïdari / Athina/Athènes (camp) | Juif / Juive | Kaufering / Dachau | Landsberg / Dachau | Rhodes

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