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Testimony of Elikom Gecel Kupferstein, born in Hutkow, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Hutkow, Krasnobrod, in hiding using a false identity and wanderings until the liberation

Testimony of Elikom Gecel Kupferstein, born in Hutkow, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Hutkow, Krasnobrod, in hiding using a false identity and wanderings until the liberation Life in Hutkow near Zamosc. Massacre in Krasnobrod (Lodz), October 1942; entry of the remaining Jews to an unfinished house and their murder; his escape and his sister's escape; in hiding near the village of their birthplace, Hutkow, where their family had lived as Jews for three generations; wanderings in distant villages and life using a false identity until the liberation by the Red Army, July 1944. Joins aliya training in Czestochowa, 1945; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Tel Hai" ship via Czechoslovakia, Germany, Deggendorf, Belgium and Chateau Boner, March 1946.
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item Id
3563407
First Name
Elikum
Eliyakum
Gecel
Getzel
Last Name
Kupershtein
Kupferstein
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Hutkow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
9123
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
10/06/1996
Date of Creation - latest
10/06/1996
Name of Submitter
KUPFERSTEIN GECEL ELIKOM
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
22
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository