Anita Oppenheimer

Anita Oppenheimer, born on 11th May 1923, lived in Ingelheim, a town in the modern day Rhineland in Germany. She was part of the “French Deportation Lists” which included people from across France who were rounded up and transferred by convoy as part of the Nazi occupation of France during World War Two. The Nazi occupation of Franc led to the creation of Vichy France, meaning that the country was ruled by a satellite government of the Nazi regime, and could bargain with Nazi Germany to secure the rights of their people. The agreement was made during World War Two which meant that only foreign Jews would be deported to the concentration camps, however many French Jews were taken as the war progressed, and the Nazi control of many European countries intensified. Anita Oppenheimer is listed on the records on 17th June 1942 as part of Convoy 6, meaning that she can be presumed to arrive at Auschwitz within a week. On 26th September 1942, Anita Oppenheimer was murdered in Auschwitz, but was granted a death certificate, a system that was abandoned shortly afterwards as it took too long to process all of the victims. It is unclear as to whether Anita was a foreign or French Jew, but what is clear is that many more countries than Germany and Poland were affected by the Holocaust.