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Testimony of Moshe Hofshteter, born in Rzeszow, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in Rzeszow, in the Lwow Ghetto and while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Hofshteter, born in Rzeszow, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in Rzeszow, in the Lwow Ghetto and while using a false identity Life before the war; Outbreak of the war and escape to Lwow with his family; German occupation; Lwow Ghetto life; "Aktions" and escape from the ghetto, using forged documents; liberation; Return to Lwow; studies; attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Enzo Sereni" ship; detention in Atlit camp; starts a family.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Leibel Stotzki, born in Bielica, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Bielica, the Zetel Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Leibel Stotzki, born in Bielica, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Bielica, the Zetel Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest in the Soviet Union Life before the war; family owns a workshop; attends a Tarbut school. Soviet occupation; ban on Jewish religious observance; drafted to the Red Army; German occupation, 1941; abuse of Jews; "Aktions"; murder of Jews; informed on by Poles; burning of the place due to the nearby air field; escape and in hiding in a forest; escape to the Zetel Ghetto; ghetto life; dismantling of Soviet equipment; murder of Jews; mass grave in a forest;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachel Rachela (Horovitz) Shlezinger, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto, hidden by Poles near Mirow and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Rachela (Horovitz) Shlezinger, born in Czestochowa, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto, hidden by Poles near Mirow and with the partisans Life before the war; move to Lwow; return before the outbreak of the war. Decrees; deportation to the Czestochowa Ghetto, 1942; transfer to the small ghetto; ghetto life including labor in a metal factory; escape from the Czestochowa Ghetto, 1943; life hidden by Poles near Mirow; help from Poles; joins the partisans; liberation by the Red Army, 18 January 1944. Deaths of her parents, sisters and their families in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Szancer Netzer, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto and labor camps in Germany

Testimony

Testimony of David Szancer Netzer, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto and labor camps in Germany Very established family. Continuation of the family's business under the administration of a Pole whose family was originally from Germany, with the outbreak of the war; his family remains in Sosnowiec until 1943; deportation to the small Sosnowiec Ghetto; deportation of his father, apparently to Auschwitz; deportation of his oldest brother to a labor camp in Germany; deportation of the witness to the large Sosnowiec Ghetto along with his mother and younger...

File Number : 12070

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Herman Stolz Shalev, born in Petroseni, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Petroseni, Arad, Cotu Lung, Bucharest, Timisoara and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Herman Stolz Shalev, born in Petroseni, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Petroseni, Arad, Cotu Lung, Bucharest, Timisoara and other places Life in a religious family including attending public school and learning in a "heder"; activities in the Habonim Zionist movement; move to Arad due to hardships earning a livelihood, 1938. Draft to forced labor as a tailor for the Romanian Army, 1942; detention after being informed on; transfer to various camps including Cotu Lung; escape from Cotu Lung with a friend; move to Bucharest; return to Arad; life in Arad including escape from the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Iankelevitz, born in Ternovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Presov, Reghin and Guenskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of David Iankelevitz, born in Ternovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Presov, Reghin and Guenskirchen Life before the war; attitude of the Czech population to the Jews. Annexation to Hungary; escape from deportation; transfer to Presov; camp life; transfer to Reghin; camp life including labor building an airfield; deportation to the Austrian border, 1944; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Guenskirchen; camp life; liberation by the US Army, 05 May 1945. Typhus; hospitalization in Wels; aliya to Eretz Israel via Italy onboard the "Enzo Sereni", 18 January 1946; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaya (Mosel) Rozenberg, born in Obeliai, Lithuania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Torun, Prochnik and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chaya (Mosel) Rozenberg, born in Obeliai, Lithuania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Torun, Prochnik and other places Life before the war; attends a Yavneh school; move to Kaunas for her education. Attempts to go home with the outbreak of the war, June 1941; return to her uncle's home in Kaunas; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto with her sister, August 1941; ghetto life including forced labor in an airfield; the large "Aktion", October 1941; rescue by a Jewish policeman; liquidation of the Kaunas Ghetto, July 1944; deportation to Stutthof; camp life including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Adela Gelfer, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Ciechanow Ghetto, Birkenau and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Adela Gelfer, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Ciechanow Ghetto, Birkenau and a death march Outbreak of the war, destruction of the family's home during air-raids; family becomes impoverished to the point of hunger; Warsaw Ghetto life and Ciechanow Ghetto life; struggle for existence and survival; deportation to Birkenau; camp life, November 1942-January 1945; death march to Mauthausen and then to Lenzing; liberation by the US Army. Aliya training on a "kibbutz" in Nonatola after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Enzo Sereni" ship; Atlit...

File Number : 8603

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Berman, born in Dabrowica, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Dabrowica Ghetto, in hiding and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Berman, born in Dabrowica, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Dabrowica Ghetto, in hiding and with the partisans Dabrowica's community between the two World Wars; growth of Dabrowica's institutions and branching out of the public life. Community's decline during Soviet rule; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; mass escape to the east; unsuccessful attempt of the witness to escape with his sister to the east and their return to Dabrowica; work with his father and uncle in his uncle's flour mill which continues its activity under German...

File Number : 6612

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Klara Canaani, born in Magdeburg, Germany, regarding her and her family's experiences during the Holocaust period in ghettos in the Sosnowitz area, in hiding and in camps

Memoirs of Klara Canaani, born in Magdeburg, Germany, regarding her and her family's experiences during the Holocaust period in ghettos in the Sosnowitz area, in hiding and in camps Life in Magdeburg until 1933; move to Poland; life in Myslowice until the start of the war; wanderings between the towns of Myslowice, Modshejow, Slawkow and Sznedla; "Aktions" and the liquidation of those ghettos; in hiding; life in a bunker; attempts to escape; deportation to Auschwitz camp in 1944; labor in the Union factory; air-raids; evacuation of Auschwitz camp; sent on a death march to Mauthausen camp on 18/01/1945;...

File Number : 2315

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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