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Testimony of Avigdor Gelsman Barzelai, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1940, regarding his experiences using a false identity in an orphanage in Warsaw and an orphanage in a monastery in Klarisew
Testimony
Testimony of Avigdor Gelsman Barzelai, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1940, regarding his experiences using a false identity in an orphanage in Warsaw and an orphanage in a monastery in Klarisew
Family life before the war.
The witness is smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto to the Baudovina orphanage; orphanage life; transfer to an orphanage in a monastery in Klarisew.
His mother's return, 1945; separation from the monastery; life in Warsaw; aliya to Israel, 1950.
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item Id
6576491
First Name
Avigdor
Last Name
Barzelai
Barzilai
Gelsman
Date of Birth
28/03/1940
Place of Birth
Warszawa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
26/04/07
Date of Creation - latest
26/04/07
Name of Submitter
Barzelai Avigdor
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection