Jewish Hiding Spots Flooring

There was the constant danger of denunciation by neighbors and sometimes even by family members.

Jewish hiding spots flooring.

Max windmüller nickname cor february 7 1920 in emden east frisia april 21 1945 in cham oberpfalz was a german member of the dutch resistance after he had to flee from the national socialists to the netherlands with his parents because of their jewish faith. This jewish couple survived the holocaust hidden behind a church organ. The bunker was discovered by the germans one day before this photograph was taken. Those who looked jewish did not speak the local language or whose presence in a rescuer s family raised too many questions had to be physically hidden.

Theirs was a life in shadows where a careless remark a denunciation or the murmurings of inquisitive neighbors could lead to. Not all jewish children could pass as aryans and enjoy relative freedom of movement on the outside. Children were kept in cellars and attics where they had to keep. Some concealed only their jewish identity and continued to live in the open using false identification papers.

A jewish woman s tale of hiding in her home a search for a lost masterpiece uncovered a woman s harrowing account of escaping deportation and possibly death while spying. Their daughter also in hiding had no idea. However as the war did not end quickly finding appropriate places became more and more difficult. Others physically hid in attics cellars or other shelters.

November 27 2015 4 30 pm est. The bunker was in actuality a prefabricated hut that was ordered by two jewish brothers abraham and herman maas from eibergen. View of the bunker that served as a hiding place for dutch jews in the eibergen region in 1942 1943. The invisibles reveals how some jews survived nazi germany by hiding in plain sight you just had to ignore the fear in your gut and push it away become someone else recalls one jewish.

Many jews went into hiding to avoid capture by the nazis and their collaborators. A special 10th anniversary exhibition explores the history of children who went underground to escape nazi persecution. Hiding other people also meant that the family was taking upon itself an additional financial burden as well as social and sometimes also familial restrictions. For most hiding was a difficult decision that involved extraordinary risks.