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Testimony

Testimony of Meir Haim Reizmovich Shlomovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Chust Ghetto, as a forced laborer in Auschwitz, Warszawa and Dachau camps, and in other places Life in Chust during the annexation to Hungary, 1939; life under Hungarian rule; German occupation, 1944; deportation to forced labor under the supervision of Hungarians; Chust Ghetto life in an open ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz camp, 1944; transfer to Warszawa camp with two of his brothers, 1944; camp life including labor clearing rubble from the ghetto; transfer to Dachau camp; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Experiences of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich, who was arrested in the Creuse Region of France in 1942, was deported to the Nexon and Drancy camps, to camps in Poland, Germany and Austria, and was liberated from Dachau by the United States Army Experiences of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich during the Holocaust, written 20 July 2009: Arrest of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich in the Creuse Region of France, 26 August 1942; deportation to the Nexon camp; transfer to the Drancy camp; transfer to the Fürstengrube camp and forced labor in coal mines; periods of time in various camps, including Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Auschwitz,...

File Number : 182

Type of Material : Documentary

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit Irena (Rimstein) Klein, born in Dunajska Streda, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in hiding in Gyor, Trnava, Bratislava, the Sered Ghetto, Auschwitz and other places Religious family; witness attends a Beit Yaakov school. Life during Hungarian rule; German occupation, 1944; escape; in hiding in Gyor; in hiding with relatives in Trnava and Budapest, and in a village; detention in Bratislava; deportation to the Sered Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Freiberg; camp life including labor in an ammunitions factory; transfer to Mauthausen; liberation by the US...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edith (Hausler) Feldman, born in Duisburg, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Duisburg, during Kristallnacht, Arnhem, in hiding in Achterveld and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Edith (Hausler) Feldman, born in Duisburg, Germany, 1920, regarding her experiences in Duisburg, during Kristallnacht, Arnhem, in hiding in Achterveld and other places Family of immigrants originally from Poland; religious family. Destruction of property during Kristallnacht; escape to relatives in Duesseldorf; detention of her father and his death in Dachau; move to the Netherlands under the protection of the Jewish committee; life in Arnhem; in hiding in Achterveld; in hiding in Lochem; in hiding in Rotterdam; in hiding in Assag; in hiding in S Gravenhage with help from the Dutch...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Brener, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Kaufering

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Brener, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Kaufering Life before the war; his father is the owner of an agricultural farm. Deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, 1943; camp life; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life including labor; transfer to Kaufering; camp life including labor; liberation by the US Army, 1945. Return to Sevlus; move to Germany; move to the Youth Aliyah organization in Paris; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Biriah" ship, 1947.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Robachek Meiri, born in Kock, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Kock, in hiding in villages and a forest and in a Red Army brigade

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Robachek Meiri, born in Kock, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Kock, in hiding in villages and a forest and in a Red Army brigade Life before the war; difficulties in earning a livelihood; his father's move to Warsaw, 1930; family joins his father in Warsaw; Poalei Zion Left activities; sports activities; arrival of refugees from Germany, 1938; relations between Poles and Jews; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war, 1939; draft of his brother into the Polish Army; his brother is taken into captivity; escape of his brother and his murder in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yaakov Aviram, born in Kock, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Lukow Ghetto, in hiding and the underground

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Aviram, born in Kock, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Lukow Ghetto, in hiding and the underground From a well-to-do traditional family; learns in a "heder" and a Polish school; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Outbreak of the war; escape to a village; return home; death of his sister; deportation to the Lukow Ghetto with his father; escape; finds a place to hide in a bunker; death of his father, March 1943; joins the Armia Ludova (AL) underground organization; liberation, July 1944. Draft into the Polish police in Lublin; move to Berlin; arrest by the Soviets, release;...

File Number : 12825

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chava Eva (Rabi) Towien, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1922, regarding her experiences in hiding in The Hague and Enschede

Testimony

Testimony of Chava Eva (Rabi) Towien, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1922, regarding her experiences in hiding in The Hague and Enschede Her family descended from Jews expelled from Spain; her father is a tailor and owns a carton factory; her mother's death; life in an orphanage; her father's remarriage; return of the witness to her family; attends a Dutch school; work in her father's factory. German occupation; anti-Jewish legislation; deportation of her oldest brother to Auschwitz; dispersion of the family members to various hiding places; life using a false identity with help from the Frans and...

File Number : 12402

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zwi Hirsch Feld, born in Krakow, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, Szebnie labor camp, Auschwitz and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Zwi Hirsch Feld, born in Krakow, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, Szebnie labor camp, Auschwitz and a death march His childhood in Bochnia, a quintessential Jewish settlement; synagogues; learns in a "heder" and yeshiva; a large family with seven children. Escape of the men at the outbreak of war, and their return; concentration in the Bochnia Ghetto and labor for the German Army in factories that had been established by wealthy Jews, 1942-1943; deportation to Szebnie; labor in the railroad station and oil refineries; deportation to Auschwitz; futile labor moving stones...

File Number : 11619

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Selig Burko Barkai, born in Sarny, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, hiding with non-Jews, in the forests, Ostiehowo and Janowska

Testimony

Testimony of Selig Burko Barkai, born in Sarny, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, hiding with non-Jews, in the forests, Ostiehowo and Janowska Religious Zionist family in Sarny; attends Jewish Tarbut school; imprisonment of his father in 1936, for performing kosher slaughter of meat which was forbidden by law. Outbreak of war, 1939; Russian rule; attends Russian school, joins pioneer movement; entry of the Germans, 1941; forced labor on a farm and working at odd jobs; deportation with his family to a ghetto, November 1941; overcrowding and hunger; hiding in a bunker during the...

File Number : 10902

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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