I couldn’t really figure out what is your “mission” and specially what is your connection to Ascher’s Institute. It would be interseting for me as a former pupil…
My research focuses on documenting the stories of Jewish child survivors of the Shoah who were rescued into Switzerland during World War II. I have been interviewing those child survivors who were ages 7-19 during the war, who were allowed to remain in Switzerland. I’ve interviewed 50 survivors so far and have 10 more names as of now. As I am based in Lausanne, Switzerland, to conduct this research for the academic year, I’ve become very interested in locating the actual places where Jewish refugees were- the “camps d’acceuil”, which mostly don’t exist in their original form, the “kinderheims” and other schools, hotels, maisons, that were established to house refugee children. I interviewed a survivor who was at Institut Ascher during the war as a refugee, which encouraged me to learn more about this place. I was able to visit the building, which is now run by an organization that works with migrants and refugees in Switzerland today, and take many photos there to support my research. I personally find it fascinating that the building is still used to house refugees today, and that it still bears the markings of the mezuzot on the doors from it’s Ascher days. If you have any information about the Institut during the war years, or know anyone who was there, please let me know! I hope this answer helped!
Sincerely,
Samantha (Sam)
My name is Edith Feuchter(Friedlander) and I was in
Institute Ascher Bex as a refugee/child age 11 from
May1945-June 1946
Karine Grunfeld Apr 14, 2013 @ 02:41:35
Hi Edith,
I’d love to know about your work. I am the child of survivors and came from the US to Aschers in 1963-64 as a teenager. I currently live in NY, am working on a MA degree in Jewish History and am interested in hearing as many survivor stories as possible. Please email me at karinegrun@aol.com. Looking forward.
I was one of the Ascher children in Bex-les-Bains, during 1944-45. I was then 6-7 years of age. Name: Markus Wajsfeld. Also my sister: Annie Wajsfeld. I am today called: Mordecai Paldiel.
I wonder where I can retrieve records of my stay in Ascher’s group. I was told by my mother (who was in another place in Switzerland) that Ascher complained about my bad behavior.
Where can I get some documents on myself in that place?
Thank you.
Mordechai
Daniel Bader Aug 25, 2016 @ 23:28:45
Shalom uvracha, Mordechai!
Please contact me thru d.bader(at)freenet.de!
Michel Ehrlich Nov 19, 2017 @ 14:26:32
You never contacted me, although I live in Lausanne, near to Bex.
Karine Jan 09, 2013 @ 02:28:45
Hello,
I am a former pupil of Institute Ascher, 1963/64. I’m doing some research on the starting dates of the school and the family that ran it, and how the school itself was passed from one generation to the next….imagine, I have forgotten all those details.
Is there anyone out there who can furnish these details to me or tell me where to look?
please send me more of your details to my email-adress d.bader(at)freenet.de. There is a group of former pupils in facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB). You are welcome to join us.
as far as I know you are from Zurich and were at Ascher’s 65-66 and live in Tel Aviv today …
Would you please contact me (d.bader(at)freenet.de)?
There is a group of former pupils in facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB). You are welcome to join us.
Daniel
Karine Jan 20, 2013 @ 17:20:47
Hi Evelyne,
I remember you!! You had blond hair, a wonderful smile, great disposition and lived in Zurich You were/are a good friend of Beverly Weber. Cecille Hendeles/Cohen was there at the same time. We came from Los Angeles, California.
I was tall and very overweight. I am still tall. : )
Now, I reside in Brooklyn, NY; Beverly lives in Monsy, NY; and Cecille lives in Los Angeles. We keep in close touch.
I’m not into facebook, etc. However, I would love to keep in touch with you via email. I’m not planning any trips right now to Israel, however, if there is a reason for you to come to NY, please let me know.
I would like to know when Maurice Ascher opened the school and through what years he ran it. Do you know the date that Simone Ascher took over?
I will email you today with more information about my research. I would also definitely recommend you email Daniel Bader, who commented above. He is a wonderful person who has been keeping up with the former students of IAB.
Hi Samantha,
I’m not a facebook person. Could you please email information about your work at karinegrun@aol.com? I am most interested in your work.
Thank you.
Karine
Hi all you above
I was a IAB student from Zurich in 1961/62. And my mothers cousin was there some 30 years earlier,
I remember several teachers of my time and, of course, the Ascher family.
As I am not a facebook person you can leave a message at this forum if you would like me to contact you.
I would be delighted to correspond with you as I am not a facebook person, either. I was a teenage student at Ascher’s 1964-65 from Los Angeles, California. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York.
Please get in touch with me at karinegrun@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
Hi Daniel Im from brazil and saw that you wrote abt some students and Tenee Jaacov was at the same time that i was. And Phillis Sherman also , Do you know how i can contact them??? Thanks. And is Ascher Institut still open?? Thank you Judy
מושי אשר Aug 16, 2013 @ 08:18:25
חזרנו אתמול מטיול שורשים עם אבא שלנו שנולד וגדל במקום. נשמח לשמוע על.מה מדובר ולעזור כמיטב יכולתנו.
Hi
Im a former student of Ascher Institut and i’m in Switzerland and would like to know if it is still open so i can visit it. Im from Brasil and studied there 1966/1967.
Thank you
Judy
Judy sou brasileiro e tambem estudei no Instituto Ascher entre Novembro/66 até Fevereiro/67 ,coincidencia ,mesma época que voce estava la,eu tinha 11 anos ,e tambem gostaria de saber o endereço completo do Instituto abraço
Jonas, please take contact with me!
Email above!
If you are in facebook look for Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse!
Judy Schechtmann Mar 06, 2015 @ 15:15:30
Ola
Que coincidencia.. mas eu não me lembro de voce.. Voce mora em São Paulo?O Ascher não existe mais faz tempo mas tem uma pagina no facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/47238489346/ que vc pode entrar e se registrar.Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse . Ai voce vai entrar em contacto com pessoas que estiveram la. Eu tenho conversado muito com um cara que eu era apaixonada mas ele nem sabia da minha existencia kkkk. Ele mora na Alemanha e é muito legal isso. Ja encontrei varias pessoas .
A gente esta tentando fazer um encontro la em Bex de alunos mas não sei se rola. Enfim… prazer e abraços
Judy
gabe beck Nov 26, 2015 @ 01:10:40
i spent the summer of 1962 there.is it still open?thx
Would you please contact me (d.bader(at)freenet.de)?
There is a group of former pupils in facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB). You are welcome to join us.
Lynda Cook Dec 24, 2013 @ 20:08:07
Hi my name is Lynda and my sister Helen and I were at l’institut Ascher in 1952-53, I remember Ildiko, Rutie and Pater Moskowich from Hungary and Stephen and his sister from the US. Also, Edna Weizman who was the grand daugher of Chaim Weizman was there. I would love to be in touch with anyone who was there at that time. I do know that M. Ascher’s daugher Avaleya lives in Jerusalem.
I spent 2 summers there (1967 and 1968). I was there with a group of Americans – including Phyllis Sherman and Sharon Ullman.My name is Helen Oppenheimer, if anyone remembers me or the other two (who I’m still in touch with), please e-mail me or contact me through FB under Helen Oppenheimer Katz…I’d love to share the many photos I have of all the students- in our rooms and on the many excursions we went on.
I was at IAB in June 1944 with my sister Ilse. It was run by Simon Ascher (known by the children as Onkel Simon) his brother Moses (known as Onkel Mosi) ran the farm that stood to the right of the gate. Onkel Mosi belonged to the local fire brigade and played in the local football team. He made aliyah in the early 50s where he worked as a nurse in a mental institution.
Hi Salomon,
I was a student at IAB in 1964-1965, I would love to hear about your experiences. Please email me. karinegrun@aol.com. Looking forward.
Karine
Hi Karine
We were the same year in Institut Asher (64-65) and I am pretty sure you remember me, as I have been your cousin Cecil’s roommate for a year (Patricia/Potage, the one who laughed He He He and the one to whom you wrote when she left: “a Diamond is pure and so is a pearl, but the purest of all is a Jewish girl”). I haven’t forgotten. I was looking for some information about the IAB and landed by chance on this page and saw your name. It’s just incredible!!. I don’t have much Information about IAB to share but would be happy to hear from you, Cecil, Brenda and may be some others…. Contact me
Patricia
Daniel Jul 17, 2014 @ 18:22:16
Hello to you all!
Just for your attention and to make you curious: there is a group of former schoolmates from Ascher’s with some old photos in facebook! “Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse”
If you are interested just apply. I would like to see you there …
Best regards
Daniel
Karine Jul 17, 2014 @ 20:45:04
Patricia, of course I remember you. You were from Paris, always wearing large earrings and loved the Beatles. I am delighted and excited that you emailed me. Please get in touch with me. karinegrun@aol.com. I will give you all the news about Cecille, Brenda, and Zelma. We were all from Los Angeles, California. Cecille and Brenda still live there. Zelma and I live in New York. I speak to Cecille once a week. Her youngest of 5 children got married 2 weeks ago. Naturally I was at the wedding. We had a ball. Contact me right away. : )
Hi Salomon
First, thanks again to Daniel Bader for setting up this site. My sister Helen and I were at IAB during the early fifties. At that time, I was age 8 and she was 11, we did not realise that many of the other children had been orphaned in the war. I remember Ildiko and Rutie Moskowitz and their little brother, Marcel (from Germany), Pater (from Germany), and Edna Weitzman, grand-daughter of President Weitzman. I was terrified of M. Ascher. There was also a teacher named M. Goldschmidt. If anyone has any memories of that time, please get in touch with me.
Lynda
Hi Lynda,
I was a student at IAB 1964-1965. I an mot a facebook person. I would love for you to email me so we can compare notes about Ascher’s. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Karine karinegrun@aol.com
Yes, I would love to compare notes with you. I think you were there about 10 years after me, so it might have been quite different, but maybe some of the same staff were there.
I look forward to hearing from you
Best wishes
Lynda
Karine Jun 10, 2014 @ 20:48:36
Lynda, I am delighted to hear from you so quickly. Please email me. Karine karinegrun@aol.com
Edna Daar-Weizmann Aug 25, 2016 @ 06:43:27
Lynda bonjour. Last night I found this forum on Internet. Overwhelming!
After so many years, and with a selective memory we all have…yes, I remember you ( and your sister, older?). I do believe that my years in IAB ( 1954-1959?, I think my parents forgot me there…) were somehow so constructive for me. So much to say about the Aschers:
But mainly, they were ” mensch” and had a modern concept of education, which isn’t so evident in their context.
Please note my email address: erdaar@bluewin.ch
Edna Daar-Weizmann
My brothers were in school with you for one year 1956-57, Jeffrey and Allen Ressler. I was there for a few weeks
Lynda Cook Feb 07, 2021 @ 17:51:42
Hello Leonard I am so happy to get your message. Yes, my sister Helen was there with me, she is three years older. How are you? Where do you live? Who else do you remember. All the best Lynda
Lynda Mar 01, 2021 @ 16:01:50
Hello Leonard, thank you for writing to me on the site. My sister Helen and I were at Ascher’s from March 1954 to March 1955; Do get in touch with me, so that we can catch up. I lived in USA for several years, both in NYC and also in Massachusetts, I lived in Israel from 2000 to 2010 and now live in London.
My name is Z Ernie Spiegel. I am also from Los Angeles originally, now living in Las Vegas, NV. I came across this webpage quite by accident, and was taken completely by surprise.
I was at IAB in 1964-65. Karine’s mother and mine were good friends. Cecile’s younger brother and my brother-in-law are best friends to this day. Brenda owned a store down the street from where I lived in Los Angeles, on the same block as Karine’s parents.
I was amazed to read names I hadn’t heard for many years including David Brandmann who was my roommate for a time ; the Friedmann brothers, Jaacov Tenne (funny, he and I never did get along and yet my memories of him are particularly vivid), Julius Alt, who I remember being an amazing skier, Ruth Hes (I had such a childhood crush on her) and many of the other names listed in the post above were familiar to me as well.
The year I spent at IAB was pivotal in my life, and I have many happy memories of my time there. I still dream about the magnificent view of the Dents du Midi from my bedroom window, and of seeing snowfall for the very first time.
It would be most pleasing and I would be most grateful and delighted to hear from anyone, especially if they remember me!
My father, Wolf Z. Guggenheim, was a student at the Old Institute Ascher. His family was heavily involved in rescuing Jews and non-Jews alike during the Shoah. There are still a handful of the 9 siblings surviving, though they are advanced in age. My father passed away in 2002, but I plant to come visit the Institute next month with my family.
Dear Sharona, Please get in touch with Daniel Bader, who runs a group and list of IAB alumni. I would love to meet your family. Where do you live? I don’t often use the blog, so please email me at samantha.lakin1@gmail.com. With best wishes, Samantha
Dear Sharona,
I would very much love to hear about your father’s war-time activities and about life at the Institute. I currently live in the NY area. Please get in touch with me at karinegrunfeld@aol.com. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
If you are planning on visiting the Institute, you should be aware that you should probably contact the current refugee center administration if you wish to walk the grounds. The buildings themselves will likely be off limits; we visited as a family last year and were restricted to the grounds only, as the buildings are currently living spaces for refugees.
Hello Jack,
Would you mind telling from where the refugees come?
Given you last name, are you part of the Ascher family?
If you prefer to email me privately, please do so at karinegrunfeld@aol.com.
I am always interested in people who were students at Ascher and what is currently going on at the Ascher site.
Karine Ganz Grunfeld
Renee Jul 31, 2019 @ 18:23:19
Hello,
I am trying to find out what happened to the Ascher family. I am a distant relative. I was at the Institut in the early 70’s. I now have family living in Israel.
Thanks.
Hello Renee, thank you for connecting. I suggest you reach out to Daniel Bader, who has helped curate a group of former IAB students and also photos and other materials. You can reach him at dbader@t-online.de. Best of luck!
Lynda Jun 10, 2020 @ 14:55:00
My sister Helen and I were at l’institut Ascher between 1953 – 1954 – I remember Ildiko, Ruty and Pater Moskowitz, Edna Weizman, Marcel (from Germany?) among others. Would love to know what happened to everyone.
hi
my name is elen katz and i was in at ascher around mid 60′
i came from israel because my father died and my mom put me their
what was that place in that time (60′)?
i spend there couplle of years but dont have any memory from back then
do you know somthing about the place?
You should contact my friend Daniel Bader, at d.bader(at)freenet.de.
He has been coordinating a group of former pupils on facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB), and I am sure you would be welcome to join and to learn more from Daniel.
I too was a child in Ascher children’s home in Bex-les-Bains, Switzerland, but it was during the war years, in 1943-44.
I have been trying desperately to find any record of my stay there, but no one seems to know where the files of that period are located.
My name then was: Marcus Wajsfeld. I was then 6-7 years old.
Mordecai Paldiel
Daniel Mar 20, 2017 @ 17:30:14
Dear Mordecai,
did you receive my mails sent in September 2016?
Daniel
Daniel Mar 20, 2017 @ 17:33:14
Dear Elen,
we do have a group of formers Ascher student in facebook. If you open an account there you could get in contact with others. Some of them do leave in Israel …
Thank you for your message. My good friend Daniel Bader can surely help you! His email address is d.bader@freenet.de, and he will likely also reply to this message. Please feel free to be in touch with Danny!
Just for your attention and to make you curious: there is a group of former schoolmates from Ascher’s with some old photos in facebook! “Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse”
If you are interested just apply. I would like to see you there …
my name is Ilana Farkas today Majus.I was a student in the institut Ascher in
1958.Now i am living in Israel .Is there any one who remember my name?
My Email address:majus1@012.net.il
Hello Elen,
If you take the train to Bex, the place is now called EVAM, it’s a home for refugees. You can walk from the train station, just ask where the home is. I don’t know the address.
I hope this helps!
Samantha
I just fell on this page. What a surprise,. I stayed at Institut Asher between 1949 -1950. Not as a refugee but a student age 11. I was born in Hungary. I have an interesting story to tell related to Institut Asher and Bex Les Bains
Dear Agnes, thank you for connecting. I suggest you reach out to Daniel Bader, who has helped curate a group of former IAB students and also photos and other materials. You can reach him at dbader@t-online.de. Best of luck!
my sister Editta (Edwth) Cohen and my brother Hardy, Bernard or Yitzchak Cohen from Lugano were at Ascher around 1947. Do you have a record or pictures thank you kindly
Hello Yvonne, thank you for connecting. I suggest you reach out to Daniel Bader, who has helped curate a group of former IAB students and also photos and other materials. You can reach him at dbader@t-online.de. Best of luck!
I was at Institut Ascher during the summers of 1965 & 1966.
My name is Helen Sax, married name Potaznik. I’m from New York City but also spend a few months a year in Jerusalem.
fulbrightpenseur 
Apr 22, 2012 @ 09:48:15
Hello Sam!
I couldn’t really figure out what is your “mission” and specially what is your connection to Ascher’s Institute. It would be interseting for me as a former pupil…
Thanks for answers!
Daniel
Apr 22, 2012 @ 11:39:13
Hi Daniel,
My research focuses on documenting the stories of Jewish child survivors of the Shoah who were rescued into Switzerland during World War II. I have been interviewing those child survivors who were ages 7-19 during the war, who were allowed to remain in Switzerland. I’ve interviewed 50 survivors so far and have 10 more names as of now. As I am based in Lausanne, Switzerland, to conduct this research for the academic year, I’ve become very interested in locating the actual places where Jewish refugees were- the “camps d’acceuil”, which mostly don’t exist in their original form, the “kinderheims” and other schools, hotels, maisons, that were established to house refugee children. I interviewed a survivor who was at Institut Ascher during the war as a refugee, which encouraged me to learn more about this place. I was able to visit the building, which is now run by an organization that works with migrants and refugees in Switzerland today, and take many photos there to support my research. I personally find it fascinating that the building is still used to house refugees today, and that it still bears the markings of the mezuzot on the doors from it’s Ascher days. If you have any information about the Institut during the war years, or know anyone who was there, please let me know! I hope this answer helped!
Sincerely,
Samantha (Sam)
Apr 22, 2012 @ 11:55:06
hi samantha! sorry for my silent laughing having thought to adress my request to a (male) sam … 😉
some things brief to mention- have to leave …
as described, i am a former (late) pupil in the years 19737/74
there is a facebook site of other people from ascher’s with 34 members and a list of more than 230 names
one of myfacebook contacts is working on the same subject you are. he is a producer and his name is mich lewinsky.
tell me something about you. from where are you? what’s your age?
keep contact
daniel
Apr 13, 2013 @ 20:23:00
My name is Edith Feuchter(Friedlander) and I was in
Institute Ascher Bex as a refugee/child age 11 from
May1945-June 1946
Apr 14, 2013 @ 02:41:35
Hi Edith,
I’d love to know about your work. I am the child of survivors and came from the US to Aschers in 1963-64 as a teenager. I currently live in NY, am working on a MA degree in Jewish History and am interested in hearing as many survivor stories as possible. Please email me at karinegrun@aol.com. Looking forward.
Karine
Jan 09, 2016 @ 01:04:56
I was one of the Ascher children in Bex-les-Bains, during 1944-45. I was then 6-7 years of age. Name: Markus Wajsfeld. Also my sister: Annie Wajsfeld. I am today called: Mordecai Paldiel.
I wonder where I can retrieve records of my stay in Ascher’s group. I was told by my mother (who was in another place in Switzerland) that Ascher complained about my bad behavior.
Where can I get some documents on myself in that place?
Thank you.
Mordechai
Aug 25, 2016 @ 23:28:45
Shalom uvracha, Mordechai!
Please contact me thru d.bader(at)freenet.de!
Nov 19, 2017 @ 14:26:32
You never contacted me, although I live in Lausanne, near to Bex.
Jan 09, 2013 @ 02:28:45
Hello,
I am a former pupil of Institute Ascher, 1963/64. I’m doing some research on the starting dates of the school and the family that ran it, and how the school itself was passed from one generation to the next….imagine, I have forgotten all those details.
Is there anyone out there who can furnish these details to me or tell me where to look?
Thank you,
Karine
Jan 09, 2013 @ 05:04:20
Hello Karine,
please send me more of your details to my email-adress d.bader(at)freenet.de. There is a group of former pupils in facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB). You are welcome to join us.
Daniel
Jan 13, 2013 @ 11:19:07
Hi Karine, I wonder when you were at Ascher’s.I was there around the years 1963, 4 or 5. I can give you some uptodate info of the Ascher family
Jan 14, 2013 @ 06:30:16
Hi Evelyne,
as far as I know you are from Zurich and were at Ascher’s 65-66 and live in Tel Aviv today …
Would you please contact me (d.bader(at)freenet.de)?
There is a group of former pupils in facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB). You are welcome to join us.
Daniel
Jan 20, 2013 @ 17:20:47
Hi Evelyne,
I remember you!! You had blond hair, a wonderful smile, great disposition and lived in Zurich You were/are a good friend of Beverly Weber. Cecille Hendeles/Cohen was there at the same time. We came from Los Angeles, California.
I was tall and very overweight. I am still tall. : )
Now, I reside in Brooklyn, NY; Beverly lives in Monsy, NY; and Cecille lives in Los Angeles. We keep in close touch.
I’m not into facebook, etc. However, I would love to keep in touch with you via email. I’m not planning any trips right now to Israel, however, if there is a reason for you to come to NY, please let me know.
I would like to know when Maurice Ascher opened the school and through what years he ran it. Do you know the date that Simone Ascher took over?
I look forward to hearing from you,
Karine
Jan 10, 2013 @ 16:18:20
Karine,
I will email you today with more information about my research. I would also definitely recommend you email Daniel Bader, who commented above. He is a wonderful person who has been keeping up with the former students of IAB.
Daniel- All the best for a Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Samantha
Jan 10, 2013 @ 17:27:35
Dear Samantha,
wishing you a happy and successful new year, too and thanking for your compliments!
Yours
Daniel
Jan 20, 2013 @ 17:23:52
Hi Samantha,
I’m not a facebook person. Could you please email information about your work at karinegrun@aol.com? I am most interested in your work.
Thank you.
Karine
Feb 22, 2013 @ 18:02:06
Hi all you above
I was a IAB student from Zurich in 1961/62. And my mothers cousin was there some 30 years earlier,
I remember several teachers of my time and, of course, the Ascher family.
As I am not a facebook person you can leave a message at this forum if you would like me to contact you.
Katharina
Feb 25, 2013 @ 12:51:47
Hi Katharina,
I would be delighted to correspond with you as I am not a facebook person, either. I was a teenage student at Ascher’s 1964-65 from Los Angeles, California. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York.
Please get in touch with me at karinegrun@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
Karine
Feb 25, 2013 @ 17:18:23
Hello Katharina,
so you should have known probably:
Alt Yaacov (Julius), Brandmann David, Cohn Fane, Fischel Marek, Friedlich Moses (Moniek) and Simon, Friedmann Avraham and Jossi, Guggenheim Steven, Haussmann Miguel, Kugelmann Daniela and Ilana, Picard Laurent, Rachminov Giora and Nizza, Reiss Roger, Rothkopf Jacky, Ruthi Fuchs, Sherman Philis, Tenne Jaacov, Trachtenberg Fritz and Trachtenberg Hillek, Walch Roland, Wurman Jimmy, Moniek, and Rosi…
Daniel
Oct 10, 2013 @ 17:30:42
Hi Daniel Im from brazil and saw that you wrote abt some students and Tenee Jaacov was at the same time that i was. And Phillis Sherman also , Do you know how i can contact them??? Thanks. And is Ascher Institut still open?? Thank you Judy
Aug 16, 2013 @ 08:18:25
חזרנו אתמול מטיול שורשים עם אבא שלנו שנולד וגדל במקום. נשמח לשמוע על.מה מדובר ולעזור כמיטב יכולתנו.
Aug 16, 2013 @ 16:55:16
Pleas look at your facebook, Moshi!
I sent you a mail
Daniel
Oct 09, 2013 @ 13:45:01
Hi
Im a former student of Ascher Institut and i’m in Switzerland and would like to know if it is still open so i can visit it. Im from Brasil and studied there 1966/1967.
Thank you
Judy
Mar 02, 2015 @ 20:33:12
Judy sou brasileiro e tambem estudei no Instituto Ascher entre Novembro/66 até Fevereiro/67 ,coincidencia ,mesma época que voce estava la,eu tinha 11 anos ,e tambem gostaria de saber o endereço completo do Instituto abraço
Mar 05, 2015 @ 20:59:21
Jonas, please take contact with me!
Email above!
If you are in facebook look for Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse!
Mar 06, 2015 @ 15:15:30
Ola
Que coincidencia.. mas eu não me lembro de voce.. Voce mora em São Paulo?O Ascher não existe mais faz tempo mas tem uma pagina no facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/47238489346/ que vc pode entrar e se registrar.Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse . Ai voce vai entrar em contacto com pessoas que estiveram la. Eu tenho conversado muito com um cara que eu era apaixonada mas ele nem sabia da minha existencia kkkk. Ele mora na Alemanha e é muito legal isso. Ja encontrei varias pessoas .
A gente esta tentando fazer um encontro la em Bex de alunos mas não sei se rola. Enfim… prazer e abraços
Judy
Nov 26, 2015 @ 01:10:40
i spent the summer of 1962 there.is it still open?thx
Sep 07, 2016 @ 15:48:35
Sorry, had not noticed that post!
Would you please contact me (d.bader(at)freenet.de)?
There is a group of former pupils in facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB). You are welcome to join us.
Dec 24, 2013 @ 20:08:07
Hi my name is Lynda and my sister Helen and I were at l’institut Ascher in 1952-53, I remember Ildiko, Rutie and Pater Moskowich from Hungary and Stephen and his sister from the US. Also, Edna Weizman who was the grand daugher of Chaim Weizman was there. I would love to be in touch with anyone who was there at that time. I do know that M. Ascher’s daugher Avaleya lives in Jerusalem.
Dec 26, 2013 @ 08:28:13
Hi Linda,
will you please take contact throught d.bader@freenet.de or leave me your adress?
Thank you!
Daniel
Feb 23, 2014 @ 20:14:05
I spent 2 summers there (1967 and 1968). I was there with a group of Americans – including Phyllis Sherman and Sharon Ullman.My name is Helen Oppenheimer, if anyone remembers me or the other two (who I’m still in touch with), please e-mail me or contact me through FB under Helen Oppenheimer Katz…I’d love to share the many photos I have of all the students- in our rooms and on the many excursions we went on.
Feb 23, 2014 @ 20:21:20
Oh…..my e-mail is chitchat330@aol.com
Jun 06, 2014 @ 09:14:45
I was at IAB in June 1944 with my sister Ilse. It was run by Simon Ascher (known by the children as Onkel Simon) his brother Moses (known as Onkel Mosi) ran the farm that stood to the right of the gate. Onkel Mosi belonged to the local fire brigade and played in the local football team. He made aliyah in the early 50s where he worked as a nurse in a mental institution.
Salomon
Jun 10, 2014 @ 11:28:59
Hi Salomon,
I was a student at IAB in 1964-1965, I would love to hear about your experiences. Please email me. karinegrun@aol.com. Looking forward.
Karine
Jul 13, 2014 @ 16:24:00
Hi Karine
We were the same year in Institut Asher (64-65) and I am pretty sure you remember me, as I have been your cousin Cecil’s roommate for a year (Patricia/Potage, the one who laughed He He He and the one to whom you wrote when she left: “a Diamond is pure and so is a pearl, but the purest of all is a Jewish girl”). I haven’t forgotten. I was looking for some information about the IAB and landed by chance on this page and saw your name. It’s just incredible!!. I don’t have much Information about IAB to share but would be happy to hear from you, Cecil, Brenda and may be some others…. Contact me
Patricia
Jul 17, 2014 @ 18:22:16
Hello to you all!
Just for your attention and to make you curious: there is a group of former schoolmates from Ascher’s with some old photos in facebook! “Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse”
If you are interested just apply. I would like to see you there …
Best regards
Daniel
Jul 17, 2014 @ 20:45:04
Patricia, of course I remember you. You were from Paris, always wearing large earrings and loved the Beatles. I am delighted and excited that you emailed me. Please get in touch with me. karinegrun@aol.com. I will give you all the news about Cecille, Brenda, and Zelma. We were all from Los Angeles, California. Cecille and Brenda still live there. Zelma and I live in New York. I speak to Cecille once a week. Her youngest of 5 children got married 2 weeks ago. Naturally I was at the wedding. We had a ball. Contact me right away. : )
Jul 13, 2014 @ 17:00:21
my email is patgyr@bluemail.ch
Nov 29, 2020 @ 21:42:39
Sorry for late response!
Don’t you want take part in Ascher’s Group in Facebook?
Do you have more information?
please contact me thru my email
Jun 10, 2014 @ 03:42:50
Hi Salomon,
will you please take contact throught d.bader@freenet.de or leave me your adress?
Thank you!
Daniel
Jun 10, 2014 @ 15:36:26
Hi Salomon
First, thanks again to Daniel Bader for setting up this site. My sister Helen and I were at IAB during the early fifties. At that time, I was age 8 and she was 11, we did not realise that many of the other children had been orphaned in the war. I remember Ildiko and Rutie Moskowitz and their little brother, Marcel (from Germany), Pater (from Germany), and Edna Weitzman, grand-daughter of President Weitzman. I was terrified of M. Ascher. There was also a teacher named M. Goldschmidt. If anyone has any memories of that time, please get in touch with me.
Lynda
Jun 10, 2014 @ 19:08:43
Hi Lynda,
I was a student at IAB 1964-1965. I an mot a facebook person. I would love for you to email me so we can compare notes about Ascher’s. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Karine
karinegrun@aol.com
Jun 10, 2014 @ 20:35:45
Hi Karine
Yes, I would love to compare notes with you. I think you were there about 10 years after me, so it might have been quite different, but maybe some of the same staff were there.
I look forward to hearing from you
Best wishes
Lynda
Jun 10, 2014 @ 20:48:36
Lynda, I am delighted to hear from you so quickly. Please email me. Karine
karinegrun@aol.com
Aug 25, 2016 @ 06:43:27
Lynda bonjour. Last night I found this forum on Internet. Overwhelming!
After so many years, and with a selective memory we all have…yes, I remember you ( and your sister, older?). I do believe that my years in IAB ( 1954-1959?, I think my parents forgot me there…) were somehow so constructive for me. So much to say about the Aschers:
But mainly, they were ” mensch” and had a modern concept of education, which isn’t so evident in their context.
Please note my email address: erdaar@bluewin.ch
Edna Daar-Weizmann
Feb 07, 2021 @ 15:49:49
My brothers were in school with you for one year 1956-57, Jeffrey and Allen Ressler. I was there for a few weeks
Feb 07, 2021 @ 17:51:42
Hello Leonard I am so happy to get your message. Yes, my sister Helen was there with me, she is three years older. How are you? Where do you live? Who else do you remember. All the best Lynda
Mar 01, 2021 @ 16:01:50
Hello Leonard, thank you for writing to me on the site. My sister Helen and I were at Ascher’s from March 1954 to March 1955; Do get in touch with me, so that we can catch up. I lived in USA for several years, both in NYC and also in Massachusetts, I lived in Israel from 2000 to 2010 and now live in London.
Mar 22, 2015 @ 00:45:21
My name is Z Ernie Spiegel. I am also from Los Angeles originally, now living in Las Vegas, NV. I came across this webpage quite by accident, and was taken completely by surprise.
I was at IAB in 1964-65. Karine’s mother and mine were good friends. Cecile’s younger brother and my brother-in-law are best friends to this day. Brenda owned a store down the street from where I lived in Los Angeles, on the same block as Karine’s parents.
I was amazed to read names I hadn’t heard for many years including David Brandmann who was my roommate for a time ; the Friedmann brothers, Jaacov Tenne (funny, he and I never did get along and yet my memories of him are particularly vivid), Julius Alt, who I remember being an amazing skier, Ruth Hes (I had such a childhood crush on her) and many of the other names listed in the post above were familiar to me as well.
The year I spent at IAB was pivotal in my life, and I have many happy memories of my time there. I still dream about the magnificent view of the Dents du Midi from my bedroom window, and of seeing snowfall for the very first time.
It would be most pleasing and I would be most grateful and delighted to hear from anyone, especially if they remember me!
With sincerest regards and best wishes to all,
Z Ernie Spiegel
zespiegel(at)att.net
Oct 27, 2015 @ 21:38:01
My father, Wolf Z. Guggenheim, was a student at the Old Institute Ascher. His family was heavily involved in rescuing Jews and non-Jews alike during the Shoah. There are still a handful of the 9 siblings surviving, though they are advanced in age. My father passed away in 2002, but I plant to come visit the Institute next month with my family.
Oct 28, 2015 @ 01:08:22
Dear Sharona, Please get in touch with Daniel Bader, who runs a group and list of IAB alumni. I would love to meet your family. Where do you live? I don’t often use the blog, so please email me at samantha.lakin1@gmail.com. With best wishes, Samantha
Oct 28, 2015 @ 19:39:38
Dear Sharona,
I would very much love to hear about your father’s war-time activities and about life at the Institute. I currently live in the NY area. Please get in touch with me at karinegrunfeld@aol.com. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Nov 01, 2015 @ 02:27:59
Sharona,
If you are planning on visiting the Institute, you should be aware that you should probably contact the current refugee center administration if you wish to walk the grounds. The buildings themselves will likely be off limits; we visited as a family last year and were restricted to the grounds only, as the buildings are currently living spaces for refugees.
Don’t expect too much…
Nov 01, 2015 @ 17:26:15
Hello Jack,
Would you mind telling from where the refugees come?
Given you last name, are you part of the Ascher family?
If you prefer to email me privately, please do so at karinegrunfeld@aol.com.
I am always interested in people who were students at Ascher and what is currently going on at the Ascher site.
Karine Ganz Grunfeld
Jul 31, 2019 @ 18:23:19
Hello,
I am trying to find out what happened to the Ascher family. I am a distant relative. I was at the Institut in the early 70’s. I now have family living in Israel.
Thanks.
Jun 10, 2020 @ 03:20:27
Hello Renee, thank you for connecting. I suggest you reach out to Daniel Bader, who has helped curate a group of former IAB students and also photos and other materials. You can reach him at dbader@t-online.de. Best of luck!
Jun 10, 2020 @ 14:55:00
My sister Helen and I were at l’institut Ascher between 1953 – 1954 – I remember Ildiko, Ruty and Pater Moskowitz, Edna Weizman, Marcel (from Germany?) among others. Would love to know what happened to everyone.
Nov 26, 2015 @ 01:08:04
i spent the summer of 1962 here.
Mar 20, 2017 @ 11:56:46
hi
my name is elen katz and i was in at ascher around mid 60′
i came from israel because my father died and my mom put me their
what was that place in that time (60′)?
i spend there couplle of years but dont have any memory from back then
do you know somthing about the place?
elen
Mar 20, 2017 @ 14:31:33
Hello Elen,
You should contact my friend Daniel Bader, at d.bader(at)freenet.de.
He has been coordinating a group of former pupils on facebook (Institute Ascher Bex/IAB), and I am sure you would be welcome to join and to learn more from Daniel.
All my best,
Samantha
Mar 20, 2017 @ 17:23:36
I too was a child in Ascher children’s home in Bex-les-Bains, Switzerland, but it was during the war years, in 1943-44.
I have been trying desperately to find any record of my stay there, but no one seems to know where the files of that period are located.
My name then was: Marcus Wajsfeld. I was then 6-7 years old.
Mordecai Paldiel
Mar 20, 2017 @ 17:30:14
Dear Mordecai,
did you receive my mails sent in September 2016?
Daniel
Mar 20, 2017 @ 17:33:14
Dear Elen,
we do have a group of formers Ascher student in facebook. If you open an account there you could get in contact with others. Some of them do leave in Israel …
Best wishes
Daniel
Mar 20, 2017 @ 20:12:46
i studied as a summer student in1961
Does the building still exist?
Mar 20, 2017 @ 20:22:19
Hello Gabe,
it does. But it is an home for refugees now.
You are invited to take part at the Facebook group, too! Or take contact thru email as mentioned above.
Daniel
Jul 10, 2017 @ 08:39:33
My father Alessandro attended the Institut Ascher around year 1941. Are there some archives where searching records about his stay? Thank you
Jul 12, 2017 @ 07:34:45
Hello Ermanno,
Thank you for your message. My good friend Daniel Bader can surely help you! His email address is d.bader@freenet.de, and he will likely also reply to this message. Please feel free to be in touch with Danny!
Good luck,
Samantha
Jul 12, 2017 @ 15:55:08
Than you so much. I just sent an e-mail to Daniel
Jul 12, 2017 @ 09:05:46
Hello to you all!
Just for your attention and to make you curious: there is a group of former schoolmates from Ascher’s with some old photos in facebook! “Institut Ascher Bex (IAB) Suisse”
If you are interested just apply. I would like to see you there …
Best regards
Daniel
Nov 19, 2017 @ 12:26:32
Amazing many many former kids and students have a memory of thei IAB sojourns. All o f them are grateful to the Ascher family.
Nov 19, 2017 @ 14:28:50
Does any one remember of David Katz, who was a “refugee” teacher at IAB during the war years ?
Nov 27, 2017 @ 11:46:13
my name is Ilana Farkas today Majus.I was a student in the institut Ascher in
1958.Now i am living in Israel .Is there any one who remember my name?
My Email address:majus1@012.net.il
Jul 26, 2018 @ 08:23:38
hi
my name is elen katz and i was pupil too
i am trying to go and visit the institute with my kids
whet is the address of the place
THX
Jul 26, 2018 @ 10:02:05
Hello Elen,
If you take the train to Bex, the place is now called EVAM, it’s a home for refugees. You can walk from the train station, just ask where the home is. I don’t know the address.
I hope this helps!
Samantha
Jul 26, 2018 @ 12:05:11
It’s located in Bex-les-Bains, Vaud province, Switzerland
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Jul 26, 2018 @ 13:03:53
Dear Elen, the adress is as it was …
Chemin de l’Ecluse 3
1880 Bex
Switzerland
I have been there last time in January 2016 …
Danny
Jan 31, 2020 @ 00:27:33
I just fell on this page. What a surprise,. I stayed at Institut Asher between 1949 -1950. Not as a refugee but a student age 11. I was born in Hungary. I have an interesting story to tell related to Institut Asher and Bex Les Bains
Jun 10, 2020 @ 03:20:03
Dear Agnes, thank you for connecting. I suggest you reach out to Daniel Bader, who has helped curate a group of former IAB students and also photos and other materials. You can reach him at dbader@t-online.de. Best of luck!
Jun 10, 2020 @ 19:24:14
Agnes, connect me thru facebook please!
Jun 03, 2020 @ 12:22:33
my sister Editta (Edwth) Cohen and my brother Hardy, Bernard or Yitzchak Cohen from Lugano were at Ascher around 1947. Do you have a record or pictures thank you kindly
Jun 10, 2020 @ 03:19:27
Hello Yvonne, thank you for connecting. I suggest you reach out to Daniel Bader, who has helped curate a group of former IAB students and also photos and other materials. You can reach him at dbader@t-online.de. Best of luck!
Jun 10, 2020 @ 19:23:13
Yvonne, connect me thru facebook please!
Oct 15, 2022 @ 19:01:27
I was at Institut Ascher during the summers of 1965 & 1966.
My name is Helen Sax, married name Potaznik. I’m from New York City but also spend a few months a year in Jerusalem.
Oct 18, 2022 @ 03:50:05
Greeting Chag sameach from Toronto.
I summered there with my friend Paul Munk in 1962.
There were many summer students at that time.
We went on daily excursions to parts of Switzerland
Oct 18, 2022 @ 05:35:37
Dear Helen,
if you’re in Facebook look at Institut Ascher Bex (IAB).
Otherwise take contact with d.bader(at)freenet.de.
Regards
Daniel
Jun 18, 2023 @ 08:10:42
My name is Sami Althof, Basel, Switzerland, I was in Bex-Les-Bains, Institut Ascher in 1967 – 1968