Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita
Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita
Testimony
Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita
Life before the war; move to Gura Humorului, 1937;
Deportation to the Transnistria area, autumn 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy on a march via Atachi; transfer on a march in the direction of Promesanita; shooting of the weak people; entrance into Promesanita; life in Promesanita in a pigsty; hunger; typhus disease; mass mortality; imposition of travel restrictions; liberation by the Red Army, 1944;
Return to Romania; attempt to make illegal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
9671220
First Name
Rut
Last Name
Helfman
Maiden Name
Zand
Zant
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Moldovita, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives