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Joint testimony of Meir Shulman, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1911, and Chava Shulman, regarding their experiences in Krakow, the Chrzanow Ghetto, the Bedzin Ghetto, Sosnowiec, the Jewish underground and other places

Joint testimony of Meir Shulman, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1911, and Chava Shulman, regarding their experiences in Krakow, the Chrzanow Ghetto, the Bedzin Ghetto, Sosnowiec, the Jewish underground and other places Life before the war; Chava's move to Chrzanow. Outbreak of the war in September 1939; escape to Krakow; escape in the direction of the Soviet Union; escape to Chrzanow; life in Chrzanow; deportation to the Chrzanow Ghetto; ghetto life; underground organization of a group of young people; contact with the underground in Sosnowiec and Bedzin; forging of documents and seals by Meir; providing forged documents to members of the underground; life in the Bedzin Ghetto; Meir evades deportation because he has false documents; Chava's escape from deportation; they are both hidden by a member of the Polish underground, spring 1942; building bunkers; life in a bunker; murder of underground activists in bunkers; contact with the Judenrat head; discovery of the bunker by the Germans; murder of the underground head; leaving the bunker at night; escape to Sosnowiec from the Bedzin Ghetto; life hidden by a non-Jew including meeting Jewish underground members; deportation to Auschwitz by train including escape; capture by the Germans; transfer to prison; escape to Sosnowiec; life in Sosnowiec including meeting with members of the underground hidden by a Polish friend; escape to Hungary; life in Budapest including joining the Zionist underground; underground life including Meir's activities as a representative of the Zionist underground in Zaglebie; escape in the Kasztner train. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.
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item Id
3558582
First Name
Meir
Chava
Khava
Last Name
Shulman
Shulman
Date of Birth
1911
Place of Birth
Oświęcim, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
4538
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
11/03/1988
Date of Creation - latest
11/04/1988
Name of Submitter
שולמן, מאיר ו- חוה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
23
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection