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Testimony of Wolter Shpira, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto
Testimony
Testimony of Wolter Shpira, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto
Life before the war; his father owns a large sawmill; attends a German school; private Hebrew lessons; active cultural life.
Nationalization of the sawmill, 1940; expropriation of a room in the family's apartment, 1941; confiscation of their possessions, February 1941; deportation to Atachi, October 1941; life in Atachi; transfer to the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto; life in Mogilev-Podolski; his father's work as the Jewish community treasurer; typhus; entrusted to an orphanage; life in the orphanage including cultural activities; liberation by the Red Army, 1944.
Construction of an air field, 1944; move to Briceni; move to Iasi; move to Suceava; studies; help from the Jewish community; marriage, 1949; aliya to Israel, 1970.
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item Id
5087831
First Name
Walter
Wolter
Last Name
Shpira
Date of Birth
1924
Place of Birth
Gura Humorului, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
10/03/04
Date of Creation - latest
11/03/04
Name of Submitter
SHPIRA WOLTER
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection
The transcription of this testimony was made possible with the assistance of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and by the German Federal Ministry of Finance