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Testimony of Shoshana (Shonfeld) Mitelman Caspi, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Topolcany, a labor camp and with the partisans in Banska Bystrica

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Testimony of Shoshana (Shonfeld) Mitelman Caspi, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Topolcany, a labor camp and with the partisans in Banska Bystrica Religious family; Nazi rise to power, 1933; Aryanization; decrees; handing over of valuables to the government, 1941. Transports and deportation to a labor camp, 1942; selection, 1942; escape from the camp, 1944; joins a group of partisans in Banska Bystrica; receives a forged document; joins the Soviet forces, February 1945; liberation of Slovakia, 1945. Return to Topolcany, July 1945; receives help from the Red Cross; pogrom in Topolcany; move to Liberec; aliya training; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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7202967
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Shoshana
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Caspi
Kaspi
Mitelman
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Shonfeld
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1926
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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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28/05/08
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28/05/08
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Caspi Shoshana
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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