Biography Emma Arnold Chapter 5 (1943-1945): Taken Away!
About five weeks after Simone’s departure on August 24, 1943, a rural policeman made the climb up to Bergenbach. Emma guessed that he had come
About five weeks after Simone’s departure on August 24, 1943, a rural policeman made the climb up to Bergenbach. Emma guessed that he had come
Emma and Simone faced their first frigid winter alone. The slow-burning coal kept the stove going overnight. In the morning, ice covered the windows and
German forces skirted the Maginot Line and stormed into France in June 1940, retaking the formerly German Alsace with a vengeance. Emma feared that war
Eugenie grew up to be a lively young lady. She liked to go dancing on Saturday evenings, and Emma had to go along as her
Emma was born April 17 1898 in Strasbourg, the capital city of Alsace, to Marie and Andreas Fiorvante Bortot. She had her mother’s light complexion
Emma Arnold (née Bortot) was born on April 17, 1898, in Strasbourg, Alsace. Already by age four, she had lost her father and was raised
The Arnolds made their new family home in the beautiful alpine town of Aix-les-Bains, where as yet no congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses existed. Adolphe’s great
At the Red Cross camp, prisoners could eat their fill of milk and rice gruel. At first, Adolphe ate as much as two litres (1/2
That summer of 1944, Adolphe was put on a regular transport to the most dreaded camp in Austria: Mauthausen. The prisoner transports were more like