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Testimony of Marila Birman, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1930

Testimony
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Testimony of Marila Birman, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1930 Childhood in a traditional, established family; good relations with the Christian [neighbors]. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation, 1939; outbreak of the war [between the Soviet Union and Germany]; German occupation, 1941; the pogrom in Drohobycz; contact with SS man Felix Landau; family home within the ghetto limits; ghetto life without hunger; illegal deportation to the Boryslaw camp, late 1942; camp life, until spring 1944; escape to another bunker after the discovery of the first ones; discovery of the third bunker by the German soldiers; liberation, summer 1944. Return home; move to Poland; rehabilitation after the war; aliya to Israel, 1950.
item Id
7688773
First Name
Marila
Last Name
Berman
Birman
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Drohobycz, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
05/02/09
Date of Creation - latest
05/02/09
Name of Submitter
Birman Marila
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