Given name: Sophie Family name: Goetzel (2)
- (1, 2) YES
- (1, 2) Female
- (1) Sophie , (2) Sophie
- (1) Goetzel , (2) Goetzel-Leviathan
- (1) Walfisz , (2) Walfisz
- (1) 1912
- (1) 1994-11
- (1, 2) Wiesbaden
- (1) Izrael
- (1) From Warsaw, (2) No information
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(1)
She came from a Polish- Jewish family, living for some time in Germany. Before the war she studied in France, where she met her husband- David Goetzel.
(2)
She and David left Germany in 1935 to escape anti-Semitism and the Nazis. They moved to Warsaw, where they were married. Once there, they planned to move to a safer country, one further away from the Nazi threat. But their daughter Micki was born in 1937 and financial constraints forced them to delay their plans.
In January 1943 she left the ghetto, she was hiding in Konstancin, than in Milanówek, she was oppressed by extortioners. Her husband and daughter were hiding seperately. In July 1943 she joined her family in Hotel Polski. They were transported to a concentration camp - Bergen- Belsen. In April 1945 came the release and she travelled with her family to France.
In June 1945 she arrived with her family in Palestine. She never recovered from all that she suffered during the war. She was diagnosed with chronic incurable depression. Her condition worsened when she spent time with David. On the advice of her doctors, she and David divorced in 1946.
She never remarried. David and his next wife travelled every year to Israel to visit her, until her death.In January 1943 the author left the ghetto, was hiding in Konstancin, Milanowek and was persecuted by blackmailers. Her husband and daughter were hiding elsewhere. In July 1943 the entire family turned up at the Hotel Polski and where subsequently deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Description of living conditions in the camp, evacuation of the camp in April 1945, liberation and departure to Paris. The author came from a family of Polish Jews, who lived in Germany for some time. She studied in Paris before the war. After the war she emigrated to Israel.
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- (2) hideout, survivors
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(1)
In the source Pamiętniki Żydów; sygn. 302/231; w Archiwum ŻIH; title: Der Krieg von innen [The war from the inside] she appears as Sophie Goetzel-Leviathan.
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Gilbert Goetzel
David
(FAMILY / husband)
In Paris he met his wife-Sophie. He and Sophie left Germany in 1935 to escape anti-Semitism and the Nazis. They move...
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Goetzel
Miriam (Micki)
(FAMILY / mother)
She was born in Warsaw. When she was to-years-old the war begun. She left the ghetto in 1942. She was raised by Cath...
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- The Goetzel family and Micki's nanny come back from Skolimow to th... 1939-08 ,
- Piotr, Wanda, Sophie and Micki leave Henryk's apartment. Since Sop... 1939-09-21 ,
- David and Sophie visit Mr. Wloch, his daughter Elga and her husban... 1940 ,
- Sophie and Janina are doing everything they can to help David. Eve... 1940-09-04 ,
- David witnesses a homosexual rape performed by the Gestapo - so th... 1940-09 ,
- Sophie i Micki move to the Kruger's. Their apartment is already in... 1940-10 ,
- David proponuje swojemu szefowi- Schmitzowi udział w wyprawie po k... 1942-01 ,
- Sophie can't sleep. Every night the Gestapo murder and kidnap some... 1942 ,
- Being unemployed is dangerous, that's why David asks Mr. Reinhardt... 1942-07 ,
- Every day people report for resettlement. Whenever too few volunte... 1942-08-01 ,
- Halina works in a warehouse on the "Aryan side", she tak... 1942-08-03 ,
- Sophie leaves the ghetto. Wanda found her a hiding place on the &q... 1943-01-13 ,
- Anna Maldunek and her mother Berta will be risking their lives to... 1943-01-13 ,
- Sophie keeps thinking about her family. Sometimes Wanda visits and... 1943-01 ,
- Sophie is still hiding. The tiny, dark cellar where she's hidden s... 1943-06 ,
- Wanda brings Sophie to Hotel Polski in the last moment. David was... 1943-07-13 ,
- The trains have stopped in the middle of the wood. After a two hou... 1943-07 ,
- David and Sophie become very popular. Sophie tells fairy-tales and... 1943-11 ,
- SS officers plunge into the factory. All the Jews are to assemble... 1942-08-25 ,
- David wakes up because of the sound of the flying planes. It\'s th... 1939-09-01 ,
- Sophie is convinced that David and Micki are on their way to Franc... 1943-07-08 ,
- " I don't want to leave this place without my wife, but I wil... 1943-07-12 ,
- Sophie is realesed thanks to a ruse that Schmitz and his people di... 1943-07-13 ,
- David visits the office that used to belong to his former employer... 1939-11 ,
- The march from the camp to the trains is incredibly hard. People a... 1943-04-07 ,
- The bombing begins. The train has been evacuated three times. Ever... 1943-04-10 ,
- Micki, Sophie and David arrive in Palestine. 1945-06 ,
- The Germans plunge Sophie's hiding place. Sophie says goodbye to h... 1943-06-07 ,
- David and Wanda pay the Germans for looking the other way while So... 1943-06 ,
- David and Micki are reunited, at last, after a year of separation.... 1943-06 ,
- Sophie's mother dies. She had a broken bone which couldn't get bet... 1941-11 ,
- Sophie, David i Micki move into a new flat in Chlodna Street. The... 1941-12 ,
- Franc finds Wanda for David. They meet in the old courthouse. Wand... 1941-12-08 ,
- Przed końcem 1939 r. rodzina Goetzel (David, Sophie i Miki) został... 1939 (housing/hiding place) ,
- David Goetzel dowiedział się za pośrednictwem żony, że Niemcy szuk... 1943-06 (Independent Jewish actions ) ,
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Gilbert Goetzel
David
(FAMILY / husband)