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Jean Zhan Shmidt
Testimony
Testimony of Jean Schmidt, born in Moinesti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Bacau
Life before the war; membership in Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.
German occupation; deportation to Bacau; restrictions on Jews including the yellow badge; labor of his father as a metalworker in a factory; activities of his father in the Communist underground; forced labor laying railroad tracks; detention as a punishment for being late to work; release from detention; transfer to the factory where his father was; end of the war.
Aliya training in Galati; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
5374917
First Name
Jean
Zhan
Last Name
Schmidt
Shmidt
Date of Birth
10/03/1921
Place of Birth
Moinesti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/04/05
Date of Creation - latest
04/04/05
Name of Submitter
שמידט ז'אן
Original
YES
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection