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Testimony of Josef Wenkert, born in Moldovita, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences in Radauti, Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

Testimony
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Testimony of Josef Wenkert, born in Moldovita, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences in Radauti, Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto Life before the war; attends a "heder". Deportation of Jews from the villages, 1940; deportation to Radauti; decrees; transfer to Atachi, September 1941; transfer by rafts to the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto; ghetto life and earns a livelihood by selling clothes; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Draft of his father into the Red Army; return to Radauti, 1945; return of his father; Zionist activities; move to Bulgaria; aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, March 1948.
item Id
4222013
First Name
Josef
Joseph
Last Name
Venkart
Wenkert
Date of Birth
12/10/1932
Place of Birth
Moldovita, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
06/06/02
Date of Creation - latest
06/06/02
Name of Submitter
WENKERT JOSEF
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection