Esther Bergman memoir memoir.

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Esther Bergman memoir memoir.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122515589

Consists of a memoir written by Esther Bergman to pay homage to Madame Odette Hofbauer, a French Huguenot responsible for hiding Bergman for nearly two years during the Holocaust. The memoir describes Bergman's flight to the south of France with her family, her separation from her family while in a transit camp, her time in hiding on a farm belonging to the family of Odette Hofbauer, and her reunion with Hofbauer in 1987 after a 43-year separation.

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Bergman, Esther.

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Esther Bergman is a native of Belgium who fled with her family to the unoccupied area of France in order to avoid deportation to the East. Bergman was cared for by a French Huguenot family and became very close to the daughter of that family, Madame Odette Hofbauer. Bergman emigrated to the United States in Dec 1947. She presently resides in Potomac, Maryland. From the description of Esther Bergman memoir memoir. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 12251558...

Hofbauer, Odette.

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