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Testimony of Rivka Veinstein, born in Laszczow, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Laszczow, Tomaszow Lubelski and Tyszowce

Testimony of Rivka Veinstein, born in Laszczow, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Laszczow, Tomaszow Lubelski and Tyszowce Life before the war; attends a Polish school. German occupation; deportation of Jews; deportation to Belzec and escape; escape to Laszczow; Judenrat activities led by her father; deportation to Tomaszow Lubelski; life in Tomaszow Lubelski including murder of her father by a Polish policeman; labor in villages in the area; help from a Polish farmer; obtains forged documents; life in Tyszowce including murder of the Jews; riots by the Ukrainians; liberation by the Red Army, June 1944. Meets Jewish soldiers in the Red Army; life in Zamosc in a shelter for Jewish survivors; meets her rescuer; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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3554981
details.fullDetails.firstName
Rivka
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Veinshtein
Veinstein
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1927
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Laszczow, Poland
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Testimony
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4420
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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1991
details.fullDetails.latestDate
1991
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ויינשטיין רבקה
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37
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection