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Testimony of Moshe Zisman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences and the experiences of his family being rescued from deportation to Transnistria with the help of an Iron Guard man and in hiding in Bucharest

Testimony
Testimony of Moshe Zisman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences and the experiences of his family being rescued from deportation to Transnistria with the help of an Iron Guard man and in hiding in Bucharest Family life; synagogues in the community; attends the Achdut Jewish school; rise to power of the Iron Guard; draft to labor of the men including his father; a neighbor serving in the Iron Guard; forced labor [of his father]; his family's relationship with the neighbor; detention of his father and his release with the aid of his neighbor; pogroms in Bucharest; deportation of Jews to Transnistria; the family is rescued from deportation and is hidden in the house of non-Jews; liberation by the Red Army, August 1944. Confiscation of his father's property; rehabilitation after liberation; Dror-Habonim activities of his brother and his sisters; service of the witness in the Romanian Army; aliya to Israel with his family, 1963.
item Id
8949116
First Name
Moshe
Last Name
Zisman
Zosman
Zusman
Date of Birth
1937
Place of Birth
Bucuresti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
27/04/2010
Date of Creation - latest
27/04/2010
Name of Submitter
Zisman Moshe
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