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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
Testimony
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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item Id
5770376
First Name
Chaim
Last Name
Kurland
Date of Birth
09/02/1935
Place of Birth
Czestochowa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
27/08/06
Date of Creation - latest
27/08/06
Name of Submitter
קורלנד חיים
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository