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Testimony of Shmuel Sando Cohen, born in Galati, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in the ghetto and in an orphanage in Galati

Testimony
Testimony of Shmuel Sando Cohen, born in Galati, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in the ghetto and in an orphanage in Galati From a traditional, financially secure family; life before the war. Confiscation of their home, 1939; deportation to a ghetto in the school, 1940; yellow badge; deportation of the men to forced labor; release of the Jews from the ghetto; resumption of studies; move to his grandmother, 1941; death of his mother, 1942; placed in an orphanage in Galati; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Joins the united Dror Habonim movement; move to a children's home in Gura Humorului; joins aliya training; studies and work in agriculture; suppression of the Zionist movements, 1948; life in an orphanage in Bucharest; aliya to Israel, 1950.
item Id
6389845
First Name
Sando
Sandu
Shaim
Shmuel
Last Name
Cohen
Kohen
Date of Birth
01/02/1933
Place of Birth
Galati, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/02/07
Date of Creation - latest
04/02/07
Name of Submitter
כהן שמואל שיים
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository