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Testimony of Yona Israelewicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences as an orphan in a Christian institution in Versailles and a Chabad institution

Testimony of Yona Israelewicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences as an orphan in a Christian institution in Versailles and a Chabad institution His family move to Paris; his parents' deaths; education in a Christian institution. Outbreak of the war; placed in an institution in Versailles; escape and return several times; wanderings; placed in a Chabad institution by his brother; work in various places; help from the OSE; end of the war. Enlists in the French Foreign Legion; move to Lyon; learns in a yeshiva.
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3764373
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Yona
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Israelewicz
Israelovitz
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20/04/1929
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Lodz, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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11/1998
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11/1998
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ISRAELEWICZ YONA
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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