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Testimony of Hanah Charna (Gorbach) Elroi, born in Rozyszcze, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Rozyszcze Ghetto, a camp and in hiding

Testimony
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Testimony of Hanah Charna (Gorbach) Elroi, born in Rozyszcze, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Rozyszcze Ghetto, a camp and in hiding Life before the war; activities in Zionist youth movements; meets Jewish refugees from Germany, 1938. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; deportation of Jews to Siberia; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish decrees and restrictions; deportation to the Rozyszcze Ghetto; Rozyszcze Ghetto life including deportation with youth people to a camp; camp life including mutual help between Jews; escape to the forests; finds a hiding place when hidden in the home of a Ukrainian woman; receives knowledge regarding the murder of her parents and sister in the ghetto; liberation by the Red Army. Activities in the Hechalutz Hatzair movement; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.
item Id
6771308
First Name
Chana
Charna
Hanah
Last Name
Elroi
details.fullDetails.maidenName
Gorbach
Date of Birth
1919
Place of Birth
Rozyszcze, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
14/10/07
Date of Creation - latest
14/10/07
Name of Submitter
Elroi Hanah
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video