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| Gerald SOUWEINE was born in London on October
2, 1926. He was arrested while trying to cross the demarcation line to rejoin
his mother in England. He was incarcerated first in Dijon, then in
Beaune-la-Rolande, and then, at the beginning of July 1942, in the Pithiviers
camp. He was deported on July 17 on convoy
6. In one of his letters to his father, who was deported from Belgium in
1944, Gerald wrote: I should like you to add to the package the following, a
notebook, a compass, a protractor, a geometry book (Mineur), a German book (Im
taglielen Leben), a Kukobrina (songbook), one of my camping saucepans with
handles. And in his last letter (July 16th) he tries to be optimistic and
to reassure his family: I was happy to get all those letters. I think that
this one is the last, with good reason. Stop writing me. I wrote you earlier
that I had not left with the other 900 inmates because of my 15 1/2 years, but
now everyone is being sent off, women, men, sometimes old people, some sick
people and children (girls of 13) ... and me. I don't know where. I'll be going
to the East, that is sure. It will be a vacation. I'll be traveling. Don't
worry about me. It is useless because this new situation is just temporary; it
will be one more adventure. My morale is good. The trip will be tiresome
because you know how it is: it isn't 40 men or 8 horses, but 60 men: very
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CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST A memorial
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