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Testimony of Rodika Erlich Kurtzberg, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1938, regarding the persecution of her family in Romania and her experiences in Transnistria, Ukraine, Soviet Union

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Testimony of Rodika Erlich Kurtzberg, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1938, regarding the persecution of her family in Romania and her experiences in Transnistria, Ukraine, Soviet Union Family life; move to Cernauti in 1939; her father's conscription into the Red Army in 1941; the German occupation in 1941; deportation with her mother to the Transnistria region; life in the Mogilev Podolskiy ghetto; hunger and survival; reunion with her grandparents from Kimpolung; sharing living space with Jewish engineers; the work of the engineers in the construction of a bridge over the river Dniester; help with food from the engineers; the German headquarters were nearby; liberation by the Red Army; return to Cernauti; deprivation; searching for her father; move to Romania; death of her mother; growing up while living with her grandparents; aliya to Israel in 1972.
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13298184
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Rodika
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Erlich
Kurtzberg
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1938
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Bucuresti, 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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06/05/2018
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06/05/2018
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ארליך קורצברג רודיקה
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YES
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ISRAEL
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Video