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Testimony of Lea (Pinchuk) Zeiger, born in Rafalowka, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Rafalowka Ghetto, in hiding in a forest and with the partisans

Testimony
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Testimony of Lea (Pinchuk) Zeiger, born in Rafalowka, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Rafalowka Ghetto, in hiding in a forest and with the partisans Traditional family; Hebrew education when she attends a Tarbut school; activities in the Beitar movement. Outbreak of the war, 1939; attends a Soviet school; exile of wealthy people to Siberia; termination of private commerce; German occupation, 1941; termination of the Jews' trade activities and studies; deportation to the Rafalowka Ghetto; forced labor of young people; mass murder, and burial in a common grave; acts of murder; hides in a pit in a garden during an "Aktion"; liquidation of the Rafalowka Ghetto, late August 1942; brutal attitude of Ukrainian soldiers; robbery of Jewish property; murder of 3,000 Jews; escape to a forest with her mother and uncle (who was the head of the Jewish community) and his three children; fear and hunger; help from a Ukrainian acquaintance; joins a group in the forest; help from Subbotniks; joins a partisans camp under the command of General Fyodorov; search for food and attack[s] on German targets; liberation in Linz. Help from the UNRRA organization and the JDC organization; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.
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item Id
6609386
First Name
Lea
Last Name
Tzeiger
Zeiger
Maiden Name
Pinchuk
Date of Birth
1925
Place of Birth
Rafałówka, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
12947
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
16/07/07
Date of Creation - latest
16/07/07
Name of Submitter
Zeiger Lea
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
35
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection