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Testimony of Silla Zeitl (Ptasznik) Motiletz, born in Terespol, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Brzesc Nad Bugiem and Siberia

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Testimony of Silla Zeitl (Ptasznik) Motiletz, born in Terespol, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Brzesc Nad Bugiem and Siberia German Army air-raids, September 1939; escape to Brzesc Nad Bugiem with her father and younger sister; closure of the border and loss of contact with her mother and brother; exile to Siberia; labor logging trees in forests for four years; shortage of food and clothing; her father freezes to death; transfer of her sister who was 7 years old to the school in the nearby village, and the disappearance of her sister; life alone; end of the war. Return to Poland; move to Germany; DP camp life in Bergen-Belsen.
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6580231
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Silla
Tzeitl
Tzila
Zeitl
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Motiletz
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Ptashnik
Ptasznik
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15/11/1924
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Terespol, Poland
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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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26/06/07
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26/06/07
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Mutilz Silla
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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