Testimony of Meir Altzman, born in 1925 in Briceni, Romania, about his deportation to Ukraine, the Ghelinta ghetto, and the Katsmazov ghetto
Testimony of Meir Altzman, born in 1925 in Briceni, Romania, about his deportation to Ukraine, the Ghelinta ghetto, and the Katsmazov ghetto
Testimony
Testimony of Meir Altzman, born in 1925 in Briceni, Romania, about his deportation to Ukraine, the Ghelinta ghetto, and the Katsmazov ghetto
Youngest son of a religious Zionist family with five children; childhood; attends school; Soviets enter in 19490; Romanians invade in 1941; witness deported to Ukraine in July 1941; back to Bessarabia; two months in Secureni; deportation to Transnistria; life in the Ghelinta ghetto until 1942; transferred to Katsmazov and stays there until March 1944; forced labor in the Zherminka camp; survival under harsh conditions; rehabilitation after the war; immigration to Israel in October 1993.
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item Id
9122240
First Name
Meir
Last Name
Altzman
Date of Birth
15/12/1925
Place of Birth
Briceni Targ, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Russian
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives