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Testimony of Chaim Kurland, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in the Czestochowa Ghetto and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Chaim Kurland, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in the Czestochowa Ghetto and Bergen-Belsen From a traditional family. German occupation; life in the Czestochowa Ghetto; witness's father's labor in a HASAG recycling ammunitions factory; deportation to Bergen-Belsen disguised as a girl, 1945; deportation of his father to Buchenwald, 1945; liberation by the British Army, April 1945. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; life on Kibbutz Usha.
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5770376
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Chaim
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Kurland
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09/02/1935
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Czestochowa, Poland
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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27/08/06
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27/08/06
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קורלנד חיים
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection