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Testimony of Haim Michaeli, born in 1943 in Szczawnica, Poland, about his experiences as an infant Mischling ("mixed-breed") in hiding with his non-Jewish grandmother

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Testimony of Haim Michaeli, born in 1943 in Szczawnica, Poland, about his experiences as an infant Mischling ("mixed-breed") in hiding with his non-Jewish grandmother Offspring of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father; deportation of Jews from Szczawnica to Nowy Sacz; his mother, Bella Chjuwic, finds a hideout in the mountains; mother joins the partisans; Haim is placed with his non-Jewish grandmother; mother is executed; father collaborates with the Germans; grandmother dies and Haimi is placed in orphanages; Haim discovers his Jewishness at age 12; moves to Belgium and enrolls in a haredi ("ultra-Orthodox") yeshiva; immigrates to Israel in 1960.
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8776730
details.fullDetails.firstName
Chaim
details.fullDetails.lastName
Mikhaeli
details.fullDetails.dob
1943
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Szczawnica, Poland
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Testimony
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13421
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
07/03/10
details.fullDetails.latestDate
07/03/10
details.fullDetails.submitter
Michaeli Haim
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
20
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection