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Testimony of Shimon Stashek Polishuk Peleg, born in Kowel, Poland, 1937, regarding his experiences in an orphanage in Chelm and living with a farmer

Testimony
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Testimony of Shimon Stashek Polishuk Peleg, born in Kowel, Poland, 1937, regarding his experiences in an orphanage in Chelm and living with a farmer Separation from his family; transfer to an orphanage in Chelm; deportation to the ghetto or to Sobibor with the children from the orphanage; kidnapped by a local farmer while en route to an unknown destination; discovery that he is Jewish; abuse of the witness by the farmer and his family. Removal from the farmer's family by the Geulat Yaldei Yisrael Organization; transfer to an orphanage in Lublin under the protection of Chasya Bilitzki; aliya to Eretz Israel from Marseilles, 1948.
item Id
6983803
First Name
Shimon
Stashek
Last Name
Peleg
Polishuk
Date of Birth
1937
Place of Birth
Kowel, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
31/01/08
Date of Creation - latest
31/01/08
Name of Submitter
Peleg Shimon
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