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Michael Bereznitzki

Testimony
Testimony of Michael Berznitsky, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1931, regarding his experiences in a children's camp in Kaunas and a children's camp in the Soviet Union Life before the war; education; closure of the school by the Soviet authorities; transfer to a children's camp; camp life. Outbreak of the German-Russian War; transfer in the direction of the Soviet Union; air-raids; life in a children's camp in the Soviet Union; his parents' escape in the direction of the Soviet Union; classes conducted in Lithuanian; Jewish education at school; donations from the United States; transfer to Vilna, 1945. Reunion with his parents; life in a Jewish orphanage; education; his parents' deaths; marriage, 1967; aliya to Israel, 1972.
item Id
4691865
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Bereznitzki
Berznitsky
Date of Birth
14/08/1931
Place of Birth
Kaunas, Lithuania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/12/03
Date of Creation - latest
22/12/03
Name of Submitter
BERZNITSKY MICHAEL
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