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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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5261886
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Uriel
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Levitan
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15/09/1940
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Kaunas, Lithuania
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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07/12/04
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07/12/04
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לויתן אוריאל
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection