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Testimony of Edi Shpira, born in Vatra Dornei, Romania, 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski

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Testimony of Edi Shpira, born in Vatra Dornei, Romania, 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski Life before the war; Communist family. Deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; life in Mogilev-Podolski; acts of brutality by Romanian soldiers; life living in a movie theater; receives a permit to stay there due to his father's profession; hunger and lack of lumber for heating; restrictions on movement; contact with the partisans; liberation by the Red Army, March 1944. Return to Romania; life under the Soviet regime; aliya to Israel, 1974.
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7308580
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Adi
Edi
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Shpira
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12/08/1938
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Vatra Dornei, Romania
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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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28/07/08
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28/07/08
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Shapira Adi
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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