Testimony of Arnold Janculovich, born in Iasi, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Iasi
Testimony of Arnold Janculovich, born in Iasi, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Iasi
Testimony
Testimony of Arnold Janculovich, born in Iasi, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Iasi
Immediate family; way of life; education; the local synagogue; difficuties in earning a living; displays of antisemitism in the city; persecution and torture by the Iron Guard; draft of his father to forced labor; hunger; murder of Jews in police headquarters on "Black Sunday", June 1941; murder by the Romanian gendarmes; herding the survivors onto sealed freight cars (his father among them); the harsh conditions on the train; death of people from thirst and asphyxiation; deportation [including the witness?] to Targu Frumos and Calarasi; liberation of Iasi by the Red Army.
Rehabilitation of his life after the war including attendance at the Tarbut school and attendance in a general studies school; marriage, 1964; Hashomer Hatzair activities; aliya to Israel, 1973.
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item Id
7909900
First Name
Arnold
Last Name
Iankelovitz
Janculovich
Date of Birth
1934
Place of Birth
Iasi, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives