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Testimony of Klara (Bernader) Vicha, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and Transnistria

Testimony
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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.
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
Date of Creation - earliest
28/10/08
Date of Creation - latest
28/10/08
Name of Submitter
Vica Klara
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