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Testimony of Michal Mishe Rauch née Löwenherz, born in 1926 in Przemyśl, Poland, about her experiences in the Przemyśl ghetto and in hiding on the "Aryan" side in a Ukrainian's home until liberation in 1944

Testimony
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German occupation of Przemyśl in 1939; riots; Soviet occupation ensues in 1939; German occupation ensues in 1941; restrictions on Jews and upturn in antisemitism; deportation to the Przemyśl ghetto with parents; family members receive labor permits; father works in a factory outside the ghetto and witness works with mother on a farm outside the ghetto in 1942; finding a hideout during the second Aktion; witness and parents arrested due to denunciation and taken to a lockup in Przemyśl; they escapes from the lockup and return to the ghetto (part of which has become a labor camp) in 1943; witness and parents escape from the ghetto through a tunnel to the home of a Ukrainian in a suburb in 1943; hiding with thirteen additional relatives in a cellar in the house (for payment); life in hiding until liberation by Soviet forces in 1944; witness marries and moves to Vienna with help from the Bricha organization in 1946; moves to the Skola Cadrona in Milan in 1946; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Lohamei Hagetaot; deportation to the "summer camp" in Cyprus in 1947; son is born; immigration to Israel in 1948; adjustment to life in Israel.
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9465863
details.fullDetails.firstName
Mikhal
Misha
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Raukh
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Levenhertz
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1926
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Przemysl, Poland
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Testimony
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13595
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
22/06/2011
details.fullDetails.latestDate
22/06/2011
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ראוך לונהרץ מיכל מישה
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YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
73
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
details.fullDetails.testimonyForm
Video