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The testimony of Chaim Berchiyahu Barcher, born in 1933 in Kolomyja, Poland

The testimony of Chaim Berchiyahu Bercher, born in 1933 in Kolomyja, Poland. Childhood in a Hasidic family; Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation in 1941; riots in the first days of the occupation; decrees; Aktions; establishment of a ghetto in 1942; Aktions; frequent selections; suicide of the head of the Judenrat; escape to Tluste during Hanukkah 1942; transfer to an agricultural farm in Holowczynce; Aktionin June 1943; transfer to Tluste for warehouse labor; attack by Band...
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9425811
details.fullDetails.firstName
Chaim
details.fullDetails.lastName
Berchiyahu
Brekher
details.fullDetails.dob
05/09/1933
details.fullDetails.pob
Kolomyja, Poland
details.fullDetails.materialType
Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
13389
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
details.fullDetails.recordGroup
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
29/03/2011
details.fullDetails.latestDate
29/03/2011
details.fullDetails.submitter
ברכיהו ברכר חיים
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
35
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
details.fullDetails.testimonyForm
Video
details.fullDetails.dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection