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Testimony of Simcha Ernest Schonfeld, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and a forest

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Testimony of Simcha Ernest Schonfeld, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica and a forest Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; confiscation of property and valuables; humiliation of Jews; deportation of Jews to Poland, 1942; receives information regarding the establishment of labor camps in Slovakia; deportation to Novaky with his family; camp life; establishment of workshops in the camp; establishment of a kosher kitchen; prayers on Yom Kippur; deportation of Jews to Poland; underground activities; arrival of Slovakian gendarmes to the camp; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; sealing of the camp; escape to Banska Bystrica; suppression of the uprising, October 1944; escape to forests with his family; life in a forest including meeting partisans; receives help from local residents; retreat of the Germans. Move on foot to the family's home; life in Topolcany including a pogrom against the Jews, 1945; receives help from the JDC organization; aliya training in Bratislava; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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6858762
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Ernest
Ernst
Simcha
Simkha
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Schonfeld
Sheinfeld
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15/11/1931
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Topolcany, Czechoslovakia
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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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16/12/07
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16/12/07
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Schonfeld Ernest Simcha
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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