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Oral history interview with Regine Donner

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.43 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0465

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    Oral history interview with Regine Donner

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Regine Donner, born in 1928 in Poland, describes moving to Antwerp, Belgium as a child; her involvement in Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir; encountering antisemitism in school; the German invasion of Belgium and her family's failed attempt to flee to France; attending an agricultural school and receiving a summons to the Malines concentration camp; meeting a man on the train to Malines who encouraged her to escape; her attempt to reach Switzerland with four other young Jewish refugees but being turned away; the train journey back to Belgium when she and the other teenagers discussed committing suicide; a woman who overheard their conversation, asked them to follow her off the train, and gave them the names and addresses of people who would help them; going to the house of a dentist in Jodoigne-Souveraine, Belgium and then being sent to hide with a Catholic family in Grez-Doiceau, Belgium; the parish priest who obtained false documents under the name Marie Goossens for her; receiving a letter asking for help from her mother in Paris, France; the journey to Paris to rescue her mother and younger brother; taking them back to Belgium and finding places for them to hide; her conversion to Catholicism; the news of her older sister's arrest and her mother's illness; her mother's last days; her brothers' return from Auschwitz after World War II and her conflict with her family about her conversion; her decision to become a nun; and the eventual reconciliation with her family.
    Interviewee
    Sister Regine Donner
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2002 April 04

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    11 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Donner, Regine, 1928-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Regine Donner on April 4, 2002.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:01
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