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Yisrael Tzitrin
Testimony
Testimony of Israel Zitrin, born in Goraj, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Goraj Ghetto, hidden by Poles and in the Wanda Wasilewska partisan unit
Life before the war; learns to be a tailor.
Outbreak of the war; forced labor; deportation to the Goraj Ghetto, March 1941; ghetto life; typhus; evading an "Aktion", March 1942; escape to forests with his father; joins his mother and sisters in a village; escape to fields with his sister; help from Poles; death of his father; hidden by Poles in exchange for work sewing; hidden by the Dumin family in a subterranean building; joins the Wanda Wasilewska Jewish-Polish partisans unit; liberation.
Move to Lodz; aliya attempt to Eretz israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 05 February 1949.
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item Id
4316741
First Name
Israel
Yisrael
Last Name
Tzitrin
Zitrin
Date of Birth
02/02/1922
Place of Birth
Goraj, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
09/07/02
Date of Creation - latest
09/07/02
Name of Submitter
ZITRIN ISRAEL
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection