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Karl Rom

Testimony
Testimony of Karl Ruhm, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski, Skazinets, Shargorod and other places Life before the war. Deportation to Atachi; deportation to the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto; his family leave the ghetto with the help of an acquaintance, a Romanian officer; life in the city; move to the Skazinets Ghetto, 1942; ghetto life; deportation of his father to a labor camp, from where he did not return; transfer to Tibrif; the partisans help him leave the camp with his mother; deportation to the Shargorod Ghetto; ghetto life; separation from his mother and placed in an orphanage; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Reunion with his mother; move to Cernauti; life with his uncle; return home; return to school; aliya to Israel, 1951; graduates as an engineering; work in senior positions in road engineering; starts a family; his son is killed in action during his IDF service.
item Id
4690110
First Name
Karl
Last Name
Rom
Ruhm
Date of Birth
14/06/1932
Place of Birth
Suceava, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
18/11/03
Date of Creation - latest
18/11/03
Name of Submitter
RUHM KARL
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository