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These Hard Times

A Jewish Woman's Rescue from Nazi Germany by Transport 222

by Anne Groschler

Edited by Hartmut Peters

Translated by Alexandra Berlina

Published by: Academic Studies Press

Imprint: Cherry Orchard Books

Language: English

114 Pages

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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. In the most detailed contribution of the exchange ever published, Groschler paints an authentic picture of life before WWII amongst the upper echelons of German society, her ultimate persecution and escape to Holland where she was betrayed, the horrors of life in the Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps, and her eventual flight via "Transport 222" to Palestine. Written immediately after her liberation in 1944, this unique document captures a little-known chapter of Holocaust history.

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

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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.