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Testimony of Miriam Golan, born in Bardejov, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Slovakia using a false identity

Testimony
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Testimony of Miriam Golan, born in Bardejov, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Slovakia using a false identity Move to Kosice; life and education in a trade school. Life after the annexation to Hungary; German occupation, 19 March 1944; encounters a German soldier; attempt to obtain a forged document; searches in their home; last Pesach seder; move to Slovakia, 21 April 1944; life in Presov with a Jewish family; move to Bratislava; life using forged documents; work in a bakery shop; move to Nitra; interrogation by the Slovakian police; return to Bratislava and work in the bakery shop; exposure as a Jew; in hiding; work as a seamstress; move to a Czech village, 24 December 1944; liberation by the Red Army, April 1945. Move to Kosice; membership in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; move to Vienna; aliya to Eretz Israel via Italy on the "Umot Meuhadot" ship, 01 January 1948.
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item Id
3740509
First Name
Miriam
Last Name
Golan
Maiden Name
Vinfeld
Weinfeld
Date of Birth
1922
Place of Birth
Bardejov, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
9051
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/05/1995
Date of Creation - latest
17/05/1995
Name of Submitter
גולן, מרים
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
56
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection