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Testimony of Malka Kleiman, born in Khmelnik, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in Shargorod during the war

Testimony
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Testimony of Malka Kleiman, born in Khmelnik, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in Shargorod during the war Family background; moving to Shargorod at the age of two; pre-war anti-Semitism on the part of the local population; life before the war. The outbreak of war; entry of German soldiers into the town; the departure of German soldiers and the entry of Romanian soldiers into the town; property robbery; arrival of Jewish deportees from Romania; father's help to the Jews who came and rescued them; deportation to forced labor, 1942; working in a tobacco factory. Liberation; life after the war; medical studies; marriage in Cernauti, 1948; move to Dombass; move to Kiev; aliya to Israel, 1972; absorption and acclimatization.
item Id
8826440
First Name
Malka
Last Name
Kleiman
Date of Birth
07/11/1927
Place of Birth
Khmelnik, Ukraine (USSR)
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
10/03/2010
Date of Creation - latest
10/03/10
Name of Submitter
Kleiman Malka
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