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Testimony of Michael Goldberg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1939, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, in hiding, using a false identity and in Otwock

Testimony
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Testimony of Michael Goldberg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1939, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, in hiding, using a false identity and in Otwock His childhood in a well-to-do, secular home with an affinity to Zionism. Deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; life in hiding; their house is set on fire; escape; finds certificates on the street; life while using a false identity, until the end of the war; draft of his father to forced labor in Germany; life in hiding while hidden by Poles in exchange for payment; rescue and help by German soldiers; his father's return. Move back to Poland after the war; life while using a false identity after the war, including displays of antisemitism; life in an orphanage in Otwock; reunion of his family; death of his father, 1953; activities in Gordonia; aliya to Israel, 1956; life in Israel.
item Id
8041502
First Name
Michael
Mikhael
Last Name
Goldberg
Date of Birth
1939
Place of Birth
Warszawa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/07/09
Date of Creation - latest
12/07/09
Name of Submitter
Goldberg Michael
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