In this vivid memoir originally published in German, Anne Groschler (1888-1982) recounts her 1944 escape from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Mandatory Palestine via ¿Transport 222¿, an exchange transport of 222 Jews for ¿Aryan" prisoners of war.

Anne Groschler (1888-1982) was born in the small town of Jever in northern Germany. Once amongst the upper echelons of German society, she was ultimately persecuted as a Jew and escaped to Holland until she was betrayed and sent to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps. She eventually fled to Palestine via "Transport 222", a German prisoner exchange transport.

Introduction

1. Jever 1938¿1939

2. Groningen and the occupation of the Netherlands¿January 1939 to 1942

3. Groningen 1942/43: Hiding, betrayal and prison

4. Camp Westerbork: November 12, 1942, to January 1944

5. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, February 1, 1944, to June 1944. Death of Hermann Groschler

6. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, April 16 to June 30, 1944: Before the Palestine exchange

7. June 30 to July 10, 1944: From Bergen-Belsen to Palestine by train

8. Arrival in Palestine on July 10, 1944, and the time thereafter

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