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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

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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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9831984
details.fullDetails.firstName
Shmuel
details.fullDetails.lastName
Shvartz
details.fullDetails.dob
1936
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Borszczow, Poland
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Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
13794
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
21/03/2012
details.fullDetails.latestDate
21/03/2012
details.fullDetails.submitter
שוורץ שמואל Shmuel Shvartz
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YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
51
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
details.fullDetails.testimonyForm
Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection