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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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item Id
9465863
First Name
Mikhal
Misha
Last Name
Raukh
Maiden Name
Levenhertz
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Przemysl, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13595
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/06/2011
Date of Creation - latest
22/06/2011
Name of Submitter
ראוך לונהרץ מיכל מישה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
73
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video