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