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Testimony of Yona Brener, born in Tykocin, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Tykocin, the Sokola Laka Ghetto, in hiding in the Bialystok region and Bialystok

Testimony of Yona Brener, born in Tykocin, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Tykocin, the Sokola Laka Ghetto, in hiding in the Bialystok region and Bialystok Life in Tykocin including abuse of Jews by the Germans; robbery and murder of Jews; escape to Sokola Laka; life in the Sokola Laka Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto, February 1942; murder of the Jews in the ghetto and the area; escape with a group of Jews; hidden with her brother and a Jewish tailor by a non-Jew; life in hiding in exchange for labor sewing; escape with her brother and tailor including knowledge concerning the murder of Jews in Bialystok; life in villages in the Bialystok region; capture by German soldiers; deportation to Bialystok; life in the Gestapo headquarters including interrogation; transfer to a prison; escape and help from a Russian female physician; liberation by the Red Army. Meets Jewish survivors; life in Poland; aliya to Israel, 1950.
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item Id
3558583
First Name
Yona
Last Name
Brener
Date of Birth
1924
Place of Birth
Tykocin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
4539
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
11/03/1988
Date of Creation - latest
11/03/1988
Name of Submitter
ברנר, יונה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
22
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection