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Testimony of Irma Irena (Anikst) Dagon, born in Vilna, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in hiding in the ghetto and hidden by a priest in Palevene
Testimony
Testimony of Irma Irena (Anikst) Dagon, born in Vilna, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in hiding in the ghetto and hidden by a priest in Palevene
Upper middle-class family.
German occupation; destruction of their home during air-raids; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; ghetto life including and labor of her father who is the construction supervisor; deportations from the ghetto; in hiding in the homes of non-Jewish families; liquidation of the ghetto; escape to a priest in Palevene; life in Palevene and evades drunken Poles; liberation.
Return to Vilna; move to Lodz; move to Paris; life in Paris and studies nursing; aliya to Israel, 1950.
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item Id
5344927
First Name
Irena
Irma
Last Name
Dagon
Maiden Name
Anikst
Date of Birth
18/01/1931
Place of Birth
Vilnius, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
15/03/05
Date of Creation - latest
15/03/05
Name of Submitter
דגין אירמה
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