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Testimony of Mordehai Volf Zeevi, born in Iasi, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Iasi and Bucharest

Testimony
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Testimony of Mordehai Volf Zeevi, born in Iasi, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Iasi and Bucharest Concerning his father, a disabled veteran of World War I; life in Iasi including the increase in antisemitism, 1939. Draft of his father into the Romanian Army; expulsion of Jewish pupils from the schools; community is accused of preference for the Soviets; German Army occupation of Iasi, 1941; Iasi pogrom; receives knowledge regarding the murder of his father during the pogrom; [establishment of a] German camp near their home; forced labor including polishing the boots of a German Army officer; entry into their home; theft of property; coordination of a pioneering underground; liberation. Killing of a German POW on the street; move to Bucharest; aliya to Israel with Dror Habonim, 1949.
item Id
8049966
First Name
Marko
Mordehai
Mordekhai
Last Name
Volf
Zeevi
Date of Birth
1928
Place of Birth
Iasi, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
23/07/09
Date of Creation - latest
23/07/09
Name of Submitter
Zeevi Mordehai
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