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Testimony of Fruma (Godfried) Kaplan, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Vilna and her aliya to Eretz Israel
Testimony
Testimony of Fruma (Godfried) Kaplan, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Vilna and her aliya to Eretz Israel
Childhood and youth in Vilna.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; air-raids; occupation of Vilna by the Soviet Army, 1939; life under the Lithuanian regime, 1939; pogrom by Lithuanians against the Jews, 1940; receiving a legal aliya certificate to Eretz Israel from her fiance in Eretz Israel, 1940; attempts to obtain a visa; aliya to Eretz Israel through Haleb, Istanbul, Odessa, Minsk, Moskow and Beirut, 1942.
Receiving information regarding the death of her father in Stutthof; receiving information regarding the death of her sister in Kluga; murder of her mother and her brother apparently in Ponary .
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item Id
8078970
First Name
Fruma
Last Name
Kaplan
Maiden Name
Godfried
Gotfrid
Date of Birth
12/03/1920
Place of Birth
Wilno, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
19/08/09
Date of Creation - latest
19/08/09
Name of Submitter
Kaplan Godfried Fruma
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection