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Testimony of Yael Yola (Shapira) Eilat, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences in Przemysl, Lwow, Siberia, Tashkent, Teheran and more

Testimony
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Testimony of Yael Yola (Shapira) Eilat, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences in Przemysl, Lwow, Siberia, Tashkent, Teheran and more From a well-to-do Zionist family; her childhood. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; transfer to Przemysl with her mother and brother; her father joins the family and his escape for a short time; confiscation of her aunt's house by the Gestapo; transfer to her grandfather and grandmother in Lwow; deportation to Siberia; transfer to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1942. Move to Samarkand; joins the refugees and move to Teheran with Anders Army; draft of her father to Anders Army; aliya to Eretz Israel via Karachi with the Teheran Children; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943.
item Id
7755193
First Name
Yael
Yola
Last Name
Eilat
Maiden Name
Shapira
Date of Birth
18/04/1934
Place of Birth
Krakow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
03/03/09
Date of Creation - latest
03/03/09
Name of Submitter
Eilat Shapira Yael Yola
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository