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Aliya certificate of Andor Comanester, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1920, issued, 21 August 1944

Aliya certificate of Andor Comanester, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1920, issued, 21 August 1944 Andor Comanester: Life in Piatra Neamt labor camp including labor as a barber, 1942-1944; escape from the camp in a hearse while taking a suitcase with his barber's equipment; aliya to Eretz Israel by means of the illegal immigration "Bulbul" ship, 21 August 1944; life in Eretz Israel including work as a barber; he changes his first name from Andor to Aharon; he changes his last name from Comanester to Kamir; his wife's name is Berta. Rescue of his brother Zisu [?] and his sister Ilus; death of his parents...

File Number : 479

Language : Hebrew, English

Testimony of Zvi Horovitz, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1922

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Horovitz, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1922 Childhood in a religious family; attendance at a Romanian school; life until 1940. Russian occupation; German occupation, summer 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; decision of the parents to go into hiding; deportation; various types of labor in Cernauti and afterwards in Bessarabia in a labor camp; a short let-up and deportation to labor in southern Transylvania; the decision to escape; assistance by a Romanian officer and deportation; arrival in Bucharest during the air-raids, 1944. Illegal aliya attempt with the assistance of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mirjam Gross (Sternberg) Ben David, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in Budapest, using a false identity among Catholics and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Mirjam Gross (Sternberg) Ben David, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in Budapest, using a false identity among Catholics and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Childhood in Budapest; attends an Orthodox Jewish school and learns Hebrew at home; joining Hashomer Hatzair while at the same time a member of Hamizrachi. Election of her father to the Judenrat, March 1944; leaving their home by her family; transfer to the Hagadush family (Catholics) using a false identity; family stays for two months; escape of the family to Bucharest in a group of 19 Polish refugees with help...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Iafa Sheindl (Maritzer) Argaman, born in Todiresti, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in Suceava and Mogilev-Podolski, and her aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children, 1944 Her childhood before the war. Outbreak of the war; move to Suceava; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; murder of her father; deportation to Transnistria; death of her grandfather and grandmother; escape to Mogilev-Podolski; activities of the JDC organization and the Jewish Agency to organize the children for aliya to Eretz Israel; fostering of the children by families for a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Zaidner) Talit, born in Botosani, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Zaidner) Talit, born in Botosani, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto Relations with the Romanian population; obtains certificates to Eretz Israel. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Transnistria; crossing the Dniester River on rafts; drowning of Jews in the river; robbery of valuables; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; ghetto life; escape attemps; return to Mogilev-Podolski; deaths of her parents; hiding in a barrel in a cellar and a weapons factory during a manhunt for Jews; placed in an orphanage; life in the orphanage; return to Romania;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Frida (Frenkel) Shif, born in Bielsko, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, Kosice, using a false identity in Budapest, Arad and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Frida (Frenkel) Shif, born in Bielsko, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Bochnia Ghetto, Kosice, using a false identity in Budapest, Arad and other places Well-to-do religious, hasidic family; attends a mixed Jewish school. Move to Lodz with the outbreak of the war, September 1939; move to Krakow, January 1940; deportation to the Bochnia Ghetto, January 1941; ghetto life including labor in a sewing workshop; escape to Hungary via Czechoslovakia using a Hungarian identity, September 1943; life in Kosice; move to Budapest, early 1944; life using a false identity with Hungarians; German...

File Number : 12418

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Romania - Ministry of the Interior - Passports Office, 1940-1944

Type of Material : רשימת מהגרים, List of Names, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Romanian

Testimony of Yehudit (Solomonovitz) Zeide, born in Iasi, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Iasi and travel to Eretz Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit (Solomonovitz) Zeide, born in Iasi, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Iasi and travel to Eretz Israel Life in Iasi until 1944; travel to Eretz Israel via Bucharest and Istanbul with approximately 30 young people who are Hashomer Hatzair members, spring 1944; arrival to Eretz Israel on the "Bulbul" ship, late 1944.

File Number : 8547

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Dinora Atlas, born in Odessa, Ukraine, 1905, regarding her experiences in Bucharest, the Kishinev Ghetto, Balta, in detention, in the Tereshpol Ghetto and other places, and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Life before the war; education; move to Bessarabia; move to Bucharest. Outbreak of the war; arrest on the charge of writing letters to her brother in Russian; life in detention including interrogations and floggings; deportation to the Kishinev Ghetto with help from a female friend, October 1941; deportation to Transnistria including escape to Balta; help from a Ukrainian man and transfer to...

File Number : 2784

Type of Material : Testimony, Survey

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Yitzkhak Braun, born in Sopron, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions and the underground in Budapest, in Romania and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Memoirs of Yitzkhak Braun, born in Sopron, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions and the underground in Budapest, in Romania and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Memoirs of Yitzkhak Braun (his literary name is Bar Am), divided into two parts: Part 1 - a short autobiography of Yitzkhak Braun: Deportation to a labor battalion, Hungary, 1943; escape before being transferred to the eastern front; German occupation, March 1944; activities in the Zionist Youth underground; smuggling friends to Budapest; forging documents; deportation of his mother and his sister from the Sopron Ghetto to...

File Number : 20

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

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