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Testimony of Chaia (Met) Hoftman, born in Goraj, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Goraj, a forest and hidden by farmers
Testimony
Testimony of Chaia (Met) Hoftman, born in Goraj, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Goraj, a forest and hidden by farmers
From a religious family; life before the war.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape of witness' sister to the Soviet Union; detention in the homes; concentration of the Jews in a specific place; escape of her family to a forest; murder of her parents and brother; hides in the forest with two sisters; murder of her sisters; rescue by farmers; life with the farmers and attitude of the villagers; end of the war, 1944.
Separation from her foster family; joins survivors in a house in Zamosc; move to Lublin; marriage; move to Germany; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
5771464
First Name
Chaia
Last Name
Hoftman
Met
Date of Birth
1927
Place of Birth
Goraj, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
28/08/06
Date of Creation - latest
28/08/06
Name of Submitter
הופטמן מט חיה
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