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Uriel Levitan
Testimony
Testimony of Uriel Levitan, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1940, regarding his experiences as a baby in the Kaunas Ghetto and hidden by a non-Jewish family
Soviet occupation; exile of his grandparents to Siberia, 1940; German occupation, 1941; establishment of the Kaunas Ghetto; murder of his parents after they are informed on; life hidden by a non-Jewish family; liquidation of the ghettos and murder of most of the Kaunas Jews; liberation.
Removal from his hiding place by a female relative; move to Poland under the auspices of Agudat Israel; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, “Kadima", 1947.
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item Id
5261886
First Name
Uriel
Last Name
Levitan
Date of Birth
15/09/1940
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
07/12/04
Date of Creation - latest
07/12/04
Name of Submitter
לויתן אוריאל
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