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Testimony of Angelica Pisam, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Transnistria, prison in Piatra, Iasi and Galati, and other places

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Testimony of Angelica Pisam, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Transnistria, prison in Piatra, Iasi and Galati, and other places Life before the war; attends Romanian schools; displays of antisemitism; rise of Antonescu to power; confiscation of the family's shop and part of their home; curfew on Jews; yellow badge from 1941; expulsion of Jewish pupils from schools by Romanians; establishment of a Jewish school; cultural activities; help to the poor; deportation to Transnistria, after June 1941; deportation of the men to forced labor; death of her parents; education until 1942; arrest on charges of Communism; life in prison in Piatra Neamt; transfer to a prison in Iasi; transfer to a prison in Galati; transfer to a prison in Mislea; transfer to a prison in Bucharest; transfer to a prison in Vacaresti; liberation, 23 August 1944. Work and study as an engineer; starts a family; aliya to Israel, 1989.
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3763279
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Andzhelika
Angelica
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Pisam
Pisem
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30/08/1923
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Piatra Neamt, Romania
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Testimony
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Romanian
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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25/12/2000
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25/12/2000
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PISAM ANGELICA
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YES
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Audio
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection