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Testimony of Mala (Kalmovitz) Jablonska, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, Chuvashskaya Assr, Cheboksary, in hiding in Krakow and other places

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Testimony of Mala (Kalmovitz) Jablonska, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, Chuvashskaya Assr, Cheboksary, in hiding in Krakow and other places Life in Krakow before the war; witness attends a municipal school. Outbreak of the war; escape to the Soviet Union; life in Lwow for approximately one year; deportation with her family in open train cars to Chuvashskaya Assr; life in forests including stealing food from Russians; escape to Cheboksary; life in Cheboksary; escape to Poland; life in Dolny Slask; life in Krakow including life in hiding while hidden by a Polish couple. Illegally crosses the border to Austria with help from the JDC organization; DP camp life; move to a port city in Italy; aliya to Israel on the "Campidolglia" ship, 1948.
item Id
7688865
First Name
Mala
Last Name
Iablonski
Jablonska
Maiden Name
Kalmovitz
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Bruxelles, Belgium
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
Jablonska Mala
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