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Testimony of Fani Faina (Weissman) Kentzis, born in Gotestii Noui, Romania, 1937, regarding her escape from Gotestii Noui and regarding the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony
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Testimony of Fani Faina (Weissman) Kentzis, born in Gotestii Noui, Romania, 1937, regarding her escape from Gotestii Noui and regarding the Bershad Ghetto Childhood in the village of Gotestii Noui; draft of her father; air-raids of the area in 1941; escape of the family together with their relatives and nephews; living conditions at the time of their escape; hunger; typhus; disappearance of her grandmother during their escape; death of the relatives and nephews; help from the local population; deportation to the Bershad Ghetto; obtaining food; life in the ghetto; wearing a yellow badge; hunger; assistance of a priest from Gotestii Noui; the murder of a baby; the orphanage in the ghetto; the sinking of the ship which the children of the orphanage boarded for Eretz Israel; partisan activity; liberation in 1944; behavior of the Red Army towards the population of the ghetto; return to Gotestii Noui; receiving information regarding the death of her father; rehabilitation of life; aliya to Israel in 1973.
item Id
10860843
First Name
Faina
Fani
Last Name
Kentzis
Maiden Name
Veisman
Date of Birth
11/06/1937
Place of Birth
Gotestii Noui, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
13/02/2014
Date of Creation - latest
13/02/2014
Name of Submitter
קנציס פאני
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository