Gerd Obersitsker (M / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
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Gerd Obersitsker (M / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- KEYWORDS : <Children of La Hille> -- <Austria, Germany> -- <Refugees, Belgium> <Home Speyer> -- <Refugees, France> <Seyre> <Chateau de La Hille> -- <Refugees, Spain> <Refugees, Portugal> <SS Mouzinho (June 1941)> <Refugees, United States>
Biography
Gert-Arno "Gerd" Obersitsker was born in 1925 in Germany. In 1938-39 he went as a refugee in Belgium at Home Speyer. When Germany invaded Belgium in 1940, all of the orphanages fled. Gerd’s orphanage was part of a group that fled to France. The children spent the winter in Seyre before finally settling at Chateau de La Hille in the Pyrenees. In the summer of 1941, Gerd was part of a group of 22 children who were allowed to emigrate to the United States. With the help of HIAS, he boarded the SS Mouzinho (June 1941) in Lisbon and landed in New York in late June of 1941.
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- Holocaust Children, 1925 (subject)
- Holocaust Children, Germany (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children, Belgium (subject)
- Home Speyer (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children, France (subject)
- Seyre (subject)
- Chateau de La Hille (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children, Spain (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children, Portugal (subject)
- SS Mouzinho Jun41 (subject)
- Holocaust Refugee Children, United States (subject)