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Testimony of Yekhiel Zigman, born in Scheveningen, Holland in 1934, regarding his deportation to Den Haag, to the camp Westerbork and the ghetto Theresienstadt.

Testimony
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Testimony of Yekhiel Zigman, born in Scheveningen,Holland in 1934, regarding his deportation to Den Haag, to the camp Westerbork and the ghetto Theresienstadt. Childhood in a family of immigrants from eastern Europe to Scheveningen; attending Jewish school; German occupation; parents'deportation to Westerbork and later to Auschwitz; getting a postcard from parents; concentration with Jewish children in the theatre building of Den Haag; deportation to Westerbork; transfer to the orphans barracks in the camp; outbreak of diseases; deportation with brother to Theresienstadt; life in ghetto; brother's bar mitsva celebration; taking part in propaganda film filmed in Theresienstadt; visit of people from red cross organisation in Theresienstadt; liberation by red army; moving to stay with Berger family in Amsterdam; attending Dutch school; emigration to the US; rehabilitation of life after war.
item Id
13517217
First Name
Charles
Yekhiel
Last Name
Zigman
Date of Birth
1934
Place of Birth
Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
25/05/2019
Date of Creation - latest
27/10/2019
Name of Submitter
זיגמן יחיאל צ'ארלס
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video