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