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Testimony of Meir Altzman, born in 1925 in Briceni, Romania, about his deportation to Ukraine, the Ghelinta ghetto, and the Katsmazov ghetto

Testimony
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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.
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
Date of Creation - earliest
22/07/2010
Date of Creation - latest
22/07/2010
Name of Submitter
אלצמן מאיר
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