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Testimony of Anina Vohrazik Korty, born in 1921 in Prague, about illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1940 and deportation to Mauritius until 1945

Offspring of a Zionist family; membership in the Young Maccabi movement; parents support refugees from Germany, 1930s; movement training in Moravia, 1938; paying a ransom before immigration to Eretz Israel, 1939; illegal immigration vessels stuck in the Danube; brother taken to Sweden for survival; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Atlantic; S.S. Milos Atlantic and Pacific detained; the Patria is blown up and sinks; deporation to Mauritius, December 1940–August 1945; temporary correspondence with parents via the Red Cross; exiles volunteer for service in the Allied armies; back to Eretz Israel in...

File Number : 13573

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mordechai Kopfstein Sela, born in Vienna, Austria on 24/03/1933: "The long road", regarding his escape from Austria on the illegal immigrants "Atlantic" ship in September 1940, arrival to Haifa on 24/11/1940, and deportation from Eretz Israel on the "Patria" ship to the island of Mauritius

File Number : 7535

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Miri (Grau) Rot, born in Danzig, Germany, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Danzig, Atlit and Mauritius

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Miri (Grau) Rot, born in Danzig, Germany, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Danzig, Atlit and Mauritius Life in Danzig; from a traditional family. Aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Atlantic", autumn 1940; life in detention in Atlit; waiting on the shore before transfer to the ship, "Patria"; explosion of the ship, "Patria"; deportation to Mauritius; camp life; transfer of her father to a nearby camp; family members contract malaria; isolation of her sister as a typhus carrier; her brother contracts infantile paralysis; games and kindergarten attendance; eating wild...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Shreiber, born in Reghin, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaufering, Tuerkheim and Allach

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Shreiber, born in Reghin, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kaufering, Tuerkheim and Allach Life before the war until 1944. German occupation; deportation to the Reghin Ghetto; ghetto life including labor collecting possessions owned by Jews; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer with a friend to the children's block; escape to his father's barrack; transfer to Kaufering; camp life including labor with his father in a subterranean factory, July 1944; transfer to Tuerkheim, January 1945; death of his father from typhus; transfer on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Shmuel, born in Gazariei, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Bacau and Doaga

Testimony

Testimony of David Shmuel, born in Gazariei, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Bacau and Doaga Life before the war; increase in antisemitism, 1936. German occupation; deportation on foot to Bacau; life in Bacau and the yellow badge; transfer to Doaga; liberation. Life in a camp after the war; move to Bretcu; move to Bekescsaba; crosses the border to Budapest with the help of the JDC; aliya to Israel onboard the ship "Altlalena", 1948; service in the IDF.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Farkas Talmi, born in Krasnovce, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Prague, Kyjov, aliya training in Ivancice and illegal immigration to Eretz Israel during the war His childhood in Michalovce, where half of the city's population is Jewish; traditional family with six children; his father is a cattle merchant; his mother grows fruit in their yard; attends a public school until completion of high school, 1938; learns in a "heder" until his Bar Mitzvah; continuation of studues in Prague, November 1938. German occupation of Prague, March 1939; antisemitic atmosphere;...

File Number : 10962

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pnina Bet-Halevi, born in Danzig, Germany, 1936, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Danzig and in Atlit detention camp

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Bet-Halevi, born in Danzig, Germany, 1936, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Danzig and in Atlit detention camp Deportation of her father to forced labor; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Atlantic" ship, 1940; detention by the British; transfer to the "Patria" ship; explosion of the ship; transfer to Atlit detention camp; Atlit detention camp life; move to a WIZO educational institution in Haifa.

File Number : 9335

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Dvir, born in Danzig, 1926, regarding his experiences in Danzig, travel and aliya to Eretz Israel, exile to Mauritius and in the Jewish Brigade

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Dvir, born in Danzig, 1926, regarding his experiences in Danzig, travel and aliya to Eretz Israel, exile to Mauritius and in the Jewish Brigade Family's life in Danzig; expulsion from school, 1937; learns in a Jewish framework; membership in the Maccabi Hatzair youth movement. Visit by Hitler to Danzig and deportation of the men to Stutthof; move to Bratislava with his family and with the help of the community, 26 August 1940; travel on boats on the Danube River to Tulcea, Romania; refusal by the captain of the "Atlantic" ship to sail to Eretz Israel via the Black Sea due to fear of...

File Number : 9184

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Zamstag, born in Vienna, Austria, 1918, regarding her experiences in Brno, aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939 and deportation to Mauritius

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Zamstag, born in Vienna, Austria, 1918, regarding her experiences in Brno, aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939 and deportation to Mauritius Her childhood in Miroslav in an assimilated family; activities in a Zionist movement; move to Brno at the age of 14; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1939; detention by the British; deportation to Mauritius. Release and aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.

File Number : 8923

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Itzkovitz, born in Kaschel, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Czechoslovakia, illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1940 and detention in Mauritius

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Itzkovitz, born in Kaschel, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Czechoslovakia, illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1940 and detention in Mauritius Witness is drafted to the Czech Army, 1937-1939; joins a Hashomer Hatzair aliya training; sets sail to Eretz Israel from Bratislava on the ship, "Louis", September 1940; sails on the ship, "Atlantic", via Cyprus; arrival in Haifa, accompanied by the British Royal Navy, November 1940; attempt to transfer to the ship, "Patria" and the sinking of the ship; return to the "Atlantic"; detention in Atlit; deportation to Mauritius a...

File Number : 7761

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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