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Testimony of Lea (Kuperschmidt) Verbner, born in Dzikow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Dzikow, Siberia, Samarkand, her aliya to Eretz Israel with the Teheran Children, 1943 and more

Testimony
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Testimony of Lea (Kuperschmidt) Verbner, born in Dzikow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Dzikow, Siberia, Samarkand, her aliya to Eretz Israel with the Teheran Children, 1943 and more Life before the war; from a religious, Orthodox family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to Siberia with her family; life in Siberia; her parents' work logging trees; contracting various illnesses; observing Jewish holidays; holding prayer services; life alongside Soviet criminals; move to Samarkand; life in Samarkand; gathering of children in order to send them on aliya to Eretz Israel as part of the Teheran Children; joining the group; her father's death from typhus; visit from Henrietta Szold; activities with instructors from Eretz Israel. Aliya to Eretz Israel via Teheran, 1943.
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Lea
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Verbner
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Kuperschmidt
Kupershmid
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04/1933
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Dzikow, 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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09/08/07
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09/08/07
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Verbner Lea
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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