Testimony of Klara (Bernader) Vicha, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Transnistria
Testimony of Klara (Bernader) Vicha, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Transnistria
Testimony
Testimony of Klara (Bernader) Vicha, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Transnistria
Life before the war; Zionist Orthodox family; financial difficulties; Beitar activities.
Physical injury to Jews by Cuza men, 1936-1937; Soviet occupation, 1940; nationalization of Jewish owned businesses; deportation of wealthy Jews to Siberia; draft of the brothers to the Red Army; labor in a textile factory in exchange for food; German occupation, 1941; "Aktions"; murder of Jewish men; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to Transnistria; encounter with an escapee from German captivity; labor logging trees in exchange for food; retreat of the German Army; end of the war.
Return to Romania; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
7497947
First Name
Klara
Rut
Last Name
Vicha
Maiden Name
Bernader
Date of Birth
29/03/1919
Place of Birth
Cernauti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives