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Testimony of Hillel Seidel, born in Vilna, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and Klooga

Testimony of Hillel Seidel, born in Vilna, Poland, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and Klooga German occupation, June 1941; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; deportation to Klooga; camp life including labor making blocks and at a sawmill; contacts with the Estonian underground through an Estonian inmate; underground contacts among the remnants of the fighting organizations from the Vilna Ghetto in the camp; mutual help and cultural activities; obtains a gun and grenades from a Dutch driver; Herman Kruk writes his diary; lethal injections administered to the sick by the German physician, Dr. Bottman; liberation by the Red Army. Aliya to Israel; life in Israel; participation in a conference, held at Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot, of those liberated from the camp.
details.fullDetails.itemId
3556863
details.fullDetails.firstName
Hilel
Hillel
details.fullDetails.lastName
Seidel
Zeidel
details.fullDetails.pob
Wilno, Poland
details.fullDetails.materialType
Memoirs
Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
3088
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
details.fullDetails.recordGroup
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
01/09/1967
details.fullDetails.latestDate
01/09/1967
details.fullDetails.submitter
SEIDEL, HILLEL
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
31
details.fullDetails.signature
ז-2803/84
details.fullDetails.belongsTo
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
details.fullDetails.dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection