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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

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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.
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10860843
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Faina
Fani
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Kentzis
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Veisman
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11/06/1937
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Gotestii Noui, Romania
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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13/02/2014
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13/02/2014
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קנציס פאני
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YES
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ISRAEL
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection