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 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
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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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