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Testimony of Marila (Shvartz) Birman, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1930, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Boryslaw and a forest

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Testimony of Marila (Shvartz) Birman, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1930, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Boryslaw and a forest Life before the war. Soviet occupation; life under Soviet rule; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions including yellow badge; forced labor in an SS officer's vegetable garden; arrest and flogging of her father; her father's release by a German officer; labor as a nanny; meetings with Bruno Schulz, the artist; deportation to Boryslaw; camp life; finds a bunker in which to hide during deportations; life in hiding with a group of women; informed on by Jews; escape to a forest; forest life including building bunkers; life in various bunkers; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Drohobycz; life in Drohobycz; aliya to Israel, 1950.
item Id
5600829
First Name
Marila
Last Name
Birman
Maiden Name
Shvartz
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Drohobycz, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
13/12/05
Date of Creation - latest
13/12/05
Name of Submitter
Birman Marila
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection