Testimony of Raya (Shatzberg) Verter, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto
Testimony of Raya (Shatzberg) Verter, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto
Testimony
Testimony of Raya (Shatzberg) Verter, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto
Only child from a well-to-do family; Maccabi Hatzair activities; increase in antisemitism during the late 1930s.
Soviet occupation, 1940; life under occupation including nationalization of her father's merchandise; German occupation, June 1940; escape to her aunt's house; decrees including yellow badge and establishment of the Cernauti Ghetto; ghetto life including living in the school hall; deportation to Atachi, September 1941; transfer to the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto; ghetto life including her father's smuggling heating materials and his deportation; her father's return; Soviet partisan acts of revenge against Germans, spring 1944; liberation.
Return to Cernauti, April 1944; move to Vatra Dornei, aliya to Israel, 1958.
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item Id
5609174
First Name
Raia
Raya
Last Name
Verter
Maiden Name
Shatzberg
Date of Birth
12/12/1930
Place of Birth
Cernauti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives