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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.
item Id
6643740
First Name
Lea
Last Name
Verbner
Maiden Name
Kuperschmidt
Kupershmid
Date of Birth
04/1933
Place of Birth
Dzikow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
09/08/07
Date of Creation - latest
09/08/07
Name of Submitter
Verbner Lea
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection