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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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item Id
3554981
First Name
Rivka
Last Name
Veinshtein
Veinstein
Date of Birth
1927
Place of Birth
Laszczow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
4420
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
1991
Date of Creation - latest
1991
Name of Submitter
ויינשטיין רבקה
No. of pages/frames
37
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection