Testimony of Shmuel Shvartz, born in Borszczow, Poland in 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in the Borszczow Ghetto and on the Aryan side, and while in hiding places in Zalozce and Karolowka
Testimony of Shmuel Shvartz, born in Borszczow, Poland in 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in the Borszczow Ghetto and on the Aryan side, and while in hiding places in Zalozce and Karolowka
Testimony
Testimony of Shmuel Shvartz, born in Borszczow, Poland in 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in the Borszczow Ghetto and on the Aryan side, and while in hiding places in Zalozce and Karolowka
His father works in the management of an agricultural farm; German occupation in 1941; deportation to the Borszczow Ghetto; Borszczow Ghetto life; seven "Aktions" are conducted; concentration of the ghetto's Jews before deportation; murder of his grandmother; escape; deportation of his mother and siblings to Belzec camp during Sukkot (September-October) 1942; life in hiding in bunkers with his father during the next "Aktions"; escape from the ghetto; they find a hiding place with villagers in Zalozce and Karolowka; life in hiding behind a wall in the home of non-Jews in Borszczow; his father works for a German officer; liberation in spring 1944; repatriation; life in the Wetzlar DP camp; aliya to Israel in 1949.
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item Id
9831984
First Name
Shmuel
Last Name
Shvartz
Date of Birth
1936
Place of Birth
Borszczow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13794
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives