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Document ID: 131918495
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Document Collection: M.18 - Documentation of the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in New York
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Link to Online Archive: Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution | 71410001 - M.18 - Documentation of the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in New York
MtL - Mapping the Lives - according to this source she lived in Zweibrücken before the war
typo last known address should be Rue Rhonat, Villeurbanne
this could have been her daughter: Ruth Haas, née Oberdorfer, born in Zweibrücken in 1926: https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=8980363&ind=1
„Ruth Oberdorfer, a young Jewish, German-born dancer, lived with her parents, Frieda and Siegfried, in Lyon, France. They had escaped from Germany soon after the Nazis rose to power and eventually made their way to Lyon. Ruth had studied ballet from an early age, and in 1940, at 14 years of age, she joined a theater in Lyon, where she was given minor dance roles. She was dismissed from that theater because of the racial laws but found work with the Théâtre de l’Horloge, a private company. There she met the dancer Aimée Garel, and they became fast friends, despite the fact that her new mentor was nine years her senior. The Germans occupied the south of France, including Lyon, in November 1942. One day, when Ruth arrived home, her mother told her that the Gestapo had come looking for her. She feared staying in the house and went to the home of her friend Aimée, who offered to shelter her. Ruth danced using the stage name Rose Aubert, and Aimée managed to obtain a forged identity card for her under that name. Ruth lived with Aimée until they arrived home one day in 1944 and were greeted by the concierge with the news that the Germans had been there to look for them. Apparently someone had betrayed them to the authorities, and it was their good fortune not to have been home at the time of the search. Knowing that their luck would run out, they decided to find a place to hide. Aimée and Ruth headed to the theater because it was closed and they thought that no one would look for them there.
They remained there throughout the summer, and Aimée’s friend brought them food. They rarely ventured outdoors. When it was time for the theater to reopen, Aimée took Ruth to an abandoned castle. They pretended to be gypsies and begged food from the farmers or went out at night to steal fruit. They remained there until a few days after the liberation of Lyon on September 3, 1944, when they returned to the city. Ruth was reunited with her parents, who had been hidden with friends. On May 8, 2012, Yad Vashem recognized Aimée Garel as Righteous Among the Nations.“ - The Righteous Among the Nations Database
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