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Testimony of Haim Gass, born in Murafa, Ukraine, 1933, regarding his experiences in Murafa, the Murafa Ghetto and in hiding

Testimony of Haim Gass, born in Murafa, Ukraine, 1933, regarding his experiences in Murafa, the Murafa Ghetto and in hiding His childhood in a traditional, middle-class family. German Army occupation [of Murafa], 1941; draft of his father into the Red Army; transfer of rule from the Germans to the Romanians; establishment of the Murafa Ghetto; arrival of Jews from Bessarabia and Bukovina to the Murafa Ghetto for several months, July 1941; [Murafa Ghetto] life including hunger, disease and forced labor outside the ghetto; in hiding while hidden in the home of a Ukrainian farmer woman, before the liberation of the ghetto, March 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 25 December 1995.
item Id
8430765
First Name
Chaim
Haim
Last Name
Gas
Gass
Date of Birth
25/03/1933
Place of Birth
Murafa, Ukraine (USSR)
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Russian
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
21/12/09
Date of Creation - latest
21/12/09
Name of Submitter
Gass Haim
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video