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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

Testimony
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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.
item Id
6564391
First Name
Chana
Hanah
Last Name
Gor
Gur
Maiden Name
Rand
Date of Birth
21/12/1932
Place of Birth
Suceava, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/06/07
Date of Creation - latest
12/06/07
Name of Submitter
גור רנד חנה
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