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Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest From a well-to-do family; attends a Tarbut school; Bnei Akiva and Bnei Yehuda activities. Outbreak of the war; occupation by the Red Army; limitations on Jewish property; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Ludwipol Ghetto; Judenrat; preparation of a hiding place in a cellar; "Aktion"; liquidation of the ghetto; murder of his father and mother; escape to a forest and preparation of a bunker (for approximately 11 people) in the forest; obtaining food from villagers...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edit (Feldman) Zilberman, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sevlus, Auschwitz-Birkenau, a camp near Nuremberg and in the Sudetenland

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Testimony of Edit (Feldman) Zilberman, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sevlus, Auschwitz-Birkenau, a camp near Nuremberg and in the Sudetenland Life before the war; move of the family to Velika Kopanya; attends a Czechoslovakian school. Re-annexation to Hungary; German occupation; deportation to Sevlus, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944; camp life including labor in an aircraft factory near Nuremberg, probably November 1944; transfer to the Sudetenland, probably February 1945; camp life including labor in an aircraft parts factory; liberation by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yosef Weisz, born 1921 in Csonograd, Hungary, regarding his experiences after the war in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and in Israel

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Testimony of Yosef Weisz, born 1921 in Csonograd, Hungary, regarding his experiences after the war in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and in Israel Liberation by the Red Army on the last day of the war, 09.05.1945; communist regime; travel by train from Germany to Prague; hospital in the city until September 1945; travel to Budapest; return to Csonograd; meeting with the sister and relatives; training with the assistance of the JDC; arrest in Kistarcsa by the authorities; release from detention; sailing to Israel via Italy onboard the ship, "Af Al Pi"; aliya to Haifa on 15.09.1949; joins the Jewish National Fund;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaja Rosenbaum, born in Sosnowiec, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Auschwitz, a death march, and in Ravensbrueck camp until liberation

Testimony

Testimony of Chaja Rosenbaum, born in Sosnowiec, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Auschwitz, a death march, and in Ravensbrueck camp until liberation Religious family, of the Gur hasidic court. Life in the ghetto, and labor sewing uniforms for the German Army, until sent on transport to Auschwitz and Birkenau; death march, and then train to Ravensbrueck until liberation by the Red Army. Return on foot and by vehicles to Lodz, Poland and from there to Sosnowiec; decision to go on aliya to Eretz Israel together with her mother who also survived; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Af Al...

File Number : 11427

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Berni Wallheimer, born in Aurich, Germany, 1925, regarding his experiences in a aliya training farm and Buna-Monowitz

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Testimony of Berni Wallheimer, born in Aurich, Germany, 1925, regarding his experiences in a aliya training farm and Buna-Monowitz Life in a village where 350 Jews lived; his childhood; the start of displays of antisemitism at school; leaves Aurich in 1939 to go to a aliya training farm in Gross Breesen, in lower Silesia in Germany; the way of life at the aliya training farm; move to the training farm in Neuendorf, next to Berlin, April 1941; deportation to Auschwitz, April 1943; transfer to Buna-Monowitz; labor in the IG Farben factories; camp life until the air-raids of 1944; evacuation of the camp and...

File Number : 10419

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tova (Libovitz) Taub, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto and camps

Testimony

Testimony of Tova (Libovitz) Taub, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto and camps Childhood; her mother dies; her father's remarriage; life in an ultra-Orthodox home in Satu Mare. German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Mateszalka Ghetto; the transport to Auschwitz by train; murder of a new-born baby; transfer to Plaszow camp; forced labor; despair and loneliness; encouragement and help from a female friend; transfer back to Auschwitz, September 1944; hunger; roll-calls; punishments; the block elder; transfer to the clinic; medical experiments in...

File Number : 9729

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Levin Golani, born in Vilna, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and Stutthof, Kivioli and Dautmergen camps and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Levin Golani, born in Vilna, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and Stutthof, Kivioli and Dautmergen camps and a death march Attends a Jewish school; relations with the non-Jewish population. Escape of his family to Lida, 1939; return of the family to Vilna, 1940. Life under Soviet rule; German occupation, June 1941; decrees; cruel attitude of the Lithuanians; yellow badge; deportation of the Jews to the small Vilna Ghetto and the large Vilna Ghetto, 1941; ghetto life in the small ghetto; labor in metal workshops; deportation to Ponary; joins the Underground...

File Number : 8856

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Zoldan, born in Kusnica, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian labor battalions

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Testimony of Reuven Zoldan, born in Kusnica, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian labor battalions Religious home; his father was an appraiser of forests and active in the community. Hungarian occupation, 02 November 1938; deterioration of the situation for the Jews, 1941; draft to forced labor and transfer to Romania to labor building railroad tracks and bridges; transfer to Budapest; labor constructing an airfield; transfer to Kosice and labor in ammunition storerooms; transfer to Nadvorna, February 1944; labor filling fuel tanks; approach of the Red Army front and return to...

File Number : 8742

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zahava Fruchter, born in Tiszabercel, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in Nyirespuszta and camps

Testimony

Testimony of Zahava Fruchter, born in Tiszabercel, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in Nyirespuszta and camps Family; relations with non-Jews. Concentration of Jews from the surrounding area in Nyirespuszta under harsh conditions, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, May 1944; travel in train cars for 19 days; death of many of the deportees en route; life with her sister in block 27 in Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; forced labor; murder of inmates; deportation to Markkleeberg camp, autumn 1944; forced labor in an aircraft factory; evacuation of the camp, March 1945; death march to Theresienstadt;...

File Number : 6617

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Fruchter, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Viseul de Sus ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Rhemsdorf and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Fruchter, born in Viseul de Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Viseul de Sus ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Rhemsdorf and other places Life before the war; education. Annexation to Hungary, 1940; displays of antisemitism and abuse of the Jews; studies in Budapest; German occupation, March 1944; return home; concentration of the Jews in the Budapest Ghetto after Pesach (mid-April) 1944; deportation to Auschwitz on the last transport; absorption in the camp including disinfection; transfer to Birkenau; labor in an agricultural kommando; whippings; contact with...

File Number : 6618

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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