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Testimony of Hanah (Rand) Gur, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transylvania and Mogilev camp

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Testimony of Hanah (Rand) Gur, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transylvania and Mogilev camp Life in an Orthodox, religious family, supporters of art (theater, music); activities in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement; witness learns in a 'heder" and attends a Romanian school. Move to Vatra Dornei at the outbreak of the war; displays of antisemitism; decrees; yellow badge decree; deportation to Transylvania, October 1941; theft of Jewish homes by neighbors; hardships en route; crosses the Dniester River; entry into Mogilev camp; camp life; overcrowding, cold, hunger, disease, shelling, lice; educational and cultural life; activation of studies in classes; theater; supply of food from villages in the vicinity, in exchange for agricultural labor; observance of the religious holidays and festivals; liberation by the Red Army; explosion of a bridge by partisans. Move to Cernauti; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.
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6564391
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Chana
Hanah
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Gor
Gur
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Rand
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21/12/1932
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Suceava, Romania
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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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12/06/07
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12/06/07
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גור רנד חנה
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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