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Testimony of Yaakov Golan, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Riga and the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Golan, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Riga and the Red Army Death of his mother; move to Riga, 1929; attends a Hebrew school; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; displays of antisemitism. Annexation to the Soviet Union, 1940; German occupation, 03 July 1941; escape to the East; draft into the Red Army, late 1941; wounded, August 1942; hospitalization in Yaroslavl for six months; return to the front, summer 1943; wounded; transfer to the Belorussian front, summer 1944; end of the war. Release from the Red Army, 1946; disguises as a Polish civilian; move...

File Number : 9984

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Genia Stok, born in Probuzna, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in Probuzna, the Kopyczynce Ghetto and in hiding in various places in the area

Testimony

Testimony of Genia Stok, born in Probuzna, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in Probuzna, the Kopyczynce Ghetto and in hiding in various places in the area Her childhood in a well-to-do religious family; membership of her father in Mizrachi. German occupation, July 1941; abuse of Jews; decrees; establishment of the Judenrat; in hiding in a bunker during an "Aktion", September 1942; rescue from an "Aktion"; deportation to Kopyczynce, October 1942; death of her parents from typhus, January 1943; rescue from another three "Aktions"; in hiding on a farm near Tlustenkie; wanderings; hidden by a...

File Number : 9934

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Zeltzer, born in Vendzyagola, regarding his experiences in the Siauliai Ghetto and camps

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Zeltzer, born in Vendzyagola, regarding his experiences in the Siauliai Ghetto and camps His family; studies in university in Kaunas from 1928; service in the Red Army; work in the construction department in Siauliai. German occupation of Siauliai; entry into the Siauliai Ghetto; forced labor and "Aktions"; murder of his small son; deportation to Auschwitz, November 1943; transfer to Stutthof, July 1944; camp life; separation from his wife; transfer to Utting camp, August 1944; labor casting concrete; transfer to Dachau; death march in the direction of Austria, April 1945; the German...

File Number : 6126

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Illegal immigrant certificates and documentation related to Yehoshua Gal and his family members, from Am Stau camp, Sengwarden DP camp, Wilhelmshaven DP camp, and Israel, 1947-1948, and other documentation Documentation related to Yehoshua Jeszija Gal: - Illegal immigrant certificate from the "Exodus from Europe 1947", belonging to Yehoshua Gal, issued in Am Stow camp [Am Stau camp] on 03/11/1947; - Membership card in the General Zionists Organization in Germany, issued in the name of Yehoshua Gal on 04/03/1948. His place of residence is the Sengwarden DP camp; - Identity card of Jeszija Gal, born in...

File Number : 1488

Type of Material : Identity Card, Personal Documents, Diploma, Train Ticket, Documentary, Membership Cards

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German