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Testimony of Pnina Pearl (Wolf) Schachter, born in Seletin, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in Radauti, Transnistria, Mogilev, the Tropovoye Ghetto and other places

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Testimony of Pnina Pearl (Wolf) Schachter, born in Seletin, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in Radauti, Transnistria, Mogilev, the Tropovoye Ghetto and other places Life under Soviet occupation, 1940; life under Romanian occupation, 1941; move to Radauti; move back, 1941; deportation to Transnistria via Bessarabia; acts of harassment and riots by Ukrainians in Edineti, 1941; life in Mogilev; deportation of her father to forced labor; return of her father; transfer to Tropovoye, 1942; death of her mother due to typhus disease; death of her brother due to typhus disease; death of her sister due to typhus disease; unsuccessful attempts to send her father to labor camps; Tropovoye Ghetto life; work for an elderly Ukrainian woman, 1943; standing with her father opposite a firing squad of Romanian soldiers due to her father being accused of desertion from a transport; liberation by the Red Army, 1944; draft of her father into the Red Army; escape of her father to Romania on the advice of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, 1944. Move back to Romania; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Pan York" ship, 1947; detention in Cyprus, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
8169749
First Name
Pearl
Perel
Pnina
Last Name
Schachter
Shekhter
Maiden Name
Vulf
Wolf
Date of Birth
24/05/1933
Place of Birth
Seletin, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/09/09
Date of Creation - latest
22/09/09
Name of Submitter
Schachter Pnina Pearl
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection