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Testimony of Dvora Doris Shner née Klatz, born in 1932 in Dortmund, Germany, about her experiences as a girl in Rożniatów, Bursztin, the Rohatyn ghetto, and in hiding with villagers during the war

Testimony
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Offspring of immigrant parents from Galicia, receiving a "certificate" (Mandate Palestine immigration visa); father deported to Zbąszyń in 1938; reunited with father in Rożniatów in 1939; Poland partititioned and life under Soviet occupation; escaping to Bursztin; German occupation ensues in June 1941; a German soldier warns the family about murder of Jews; establishment of Judenrat; father refuses to translate from German into Polish; receiving word about murder of people in pits in Rohatyn; receiving a postcard from a family member with information about sending of trains to Bełżec; deportation to the Rohatyn ghetto; Aktionen; hiding in bunkers in the ghetto; the liquidation Aktion; escaping in June 1943; life in hiding with villagers; living in a pit for eight months for payment; liberation by Red Army forces; repatriation; life in displaced persons camps in Germany; immigration to Israel in 1949; adjustment to life in Israel.
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item Id
9798637
First Name
Doris
Dvora
Last Name
Shner
Maiden Name
Klatz
Date of Birth
1932
Place of Birth
Dortmund, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13614
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
23/02/2012
Date of Creation - latest
23/02/2012
Name of Submitter
שנער קלץ דוריס דבורה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
66
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection