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Testimony of Osias Yehosua Cusmaru, born in Dorohoi, Rumania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi and the Mogilev Ghetto

Testimony
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Testimony of Osias Yehosua Cusmaru, born in Dorohoi, Rumania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi and the Mogilev Ghetto From a traditional family; childhood; expulsion from a commercial high school, 1939; riots and murder of the Jewish soldiers, 01 July 1940. Outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, summer 1941; yellow badge; curfew; requirement to hand over property; deportation to Transnistria, September 1941; robbery of valuables; life in the Mogilev Ghetto; hunger; minesweeping for the Germans; contact with the community in Romania. Return home, December 1943; life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1950.
item Id
7578215
First Name
Asiash
Osias
Yehoshua
Yehosua
Last Name
Cusmaru
Kushmaro
Date of Birth
17/12/1924
Place of Birth
Dorohoi, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
08/12/08
Date of Creation - latest
08/12/08
Name of Submitter
Cusmaru Osias Yehosua
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