Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

15 Results

Testimony of Zeev Horowitz, born in Goworowo, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Ural, as a Red Army soldier and in Gorkiy

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Horowitz, born in Goworowo, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Ural, as a Red Army soldier and in Gorkiy Childhood and adolescence. Escape with his family to Bialystok after the outbreak of the war, 1939; transfer by the Soviets to Nizhniy Tagil, Soviet Union, 1940; life and work in Ural; move to Novozlatopol, Ukraine, 1941; separation from his family; drafted into the Red Army; work on fortifications and defense near the Dniester River; retreat to the area of the Don river, circa 1942; retreat in the direction of Rostov; escape from the Red Army to Gorkiy, 1943; work in a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bracha Cecilia (Tishler) Noyman, born in Kovacsvagas, (Hungary) Czechoslovakia, 1916, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Oradea Mare and Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Bracha Cecilia (Tishler) Noyman, born in Kovacsvagas, (Hungary) Czechoslovakia, 1916, regarding her experiences in Budapest, Oradea Mare and Bucharest Religious family; her father was a well-to-do merchant; end of World War I; her father's work as a melamed (religious studies teacher); move to Hajdudorog; life in Hajdudorog including life with a childless female relative for two years; attends a Hungarian school; work as an apprentice in a sewing workshop in Debrecen from the age of 14-17; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; distancing herself from religion; work in a Jewish hospital in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Moshe Gazit, born in Cluj, 1921, regarding his experiences in Cluj and labor battalions

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Gazit, born in Cluj, 1921, regarding his experiences in Cluj and labor battalions Life in Cluj until 1942. Drafted into a Jewish division in the Hungarian Army, 1942; life and labor in labor battalions; escape, autumn 1944. Return to Cluj which is empty of Jews; starts a new life; life in DP camps in Admont and Bad Gastein; Aliya Bet; travel on foot through the snowy Alps with an 18 month old baby; sets sail to Eretz Israel on the "Lo Tafhidunu" ship; deportation to Cyprus; absorption difficulties in Israel.

File Number : 7848

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rahel (Helfman) Rothstein, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Soviet Union after her escape

Testimony

Testimony of Rahel (Helfman) Rothstein, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Soviet Union after her escape Her home and family; economic situation; attends school and studies handicrafts which enables her to help the family's livelihood. Soviet occupation; German occupation, September 1941; escape to Zdulbunow with her oldest sister and brother; en route; atmosphere among the refugees; life in the Soviet Union; hunger; overcrowding; separation from her brother who is sent to a different place; death of her sister from a difficult illness; labor in a kolhoz for 18 months; transfer...

File Number : 10973

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pnina Liberman, born in Ganice, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Ganice, the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow and Gabersdorf camps

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Liberman, born in Ganice, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Ganice, the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow and Gabersdorf camps Her family background; attends Czechoslovakian, Ukrainian and Hungarian schools due to changes in the regime; death of her father, 1934; work in housekeeping. German occupation, April 1944; in hiding in a forest; return to Ganice; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz five weeks later; transfer to Plaszow camp 10 days later; labor digging pits for three months; transfer back to Auschwitz; transfer to Gabersdorf camp;...

File Number : 9997

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shimon Shulhof, born in Dunapataj, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in Dunapataj, Hungarian labor battalions and Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Shimon Shulhof, born in Dunapataj, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in Dunapataj, Hungarian labor battalions and Budapest His family background; relations with the local population; antisemitism; education in Budapest; arrival of refugees from Austria and Poland. German occupation, 19 March 1944; draft to a labor battalion; labor in food storerooms of the German Army; labor clearing rubble; labor in Szolnok laying railroad tracks, May 1944; transfer to a camp in Zirc, June 1944; transfer to Soroksar; transfer to Novi Sad, September 1944; escape to Budapest; hidden by an activist in...

File Number : 9967

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dora (Huber) Zamler, born in Bicazul Ardelean, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Targu-Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof and Danzig camps

Testimony

Testimony of Dora (Huber) Zamler, born in Bicazul Ardelean, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Targu-Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof and Danzig camps Entry of the Hungarians, 1940; move to Targu-Mures; transfer to a brick factory, March 1944; conversion of the brick factory into a ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Stutthof, 09 October 1944; transfer to Danzig camp; camp life including forced labor laying a railroad track; death march; liberation by the Red Army, May 1945. Hospitalization; move to Krakow; return to Romania; marriage, 30 July 1945; move with...

File Number : 9255

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yosef Eliahu Roth, born Foldes, Hungary, 1914, regarding his experiences in Hungarian Army labor battalions

Testimony

Testimony of Yosef Eliahu Roth, born Foldes, Hungary, 1914, regarding his experiences in Hungarian Army labor battalions His family; learns in yeshivas; Rabbi Pope; draft into the Hungarian Army, 1937-1939; participation in the annexation of southern Slovakia to Hungary, 1938. Deportation of Jews to Slovakia; draft into the military reserves and participation in the annexation of northern Transylvania, 1940; draft to a labor camp in Satoralyaulyhely, 1941; labor to prepare the construction of an airfield; rumors concerning the murder of Jews in pits that had been dug by the Jews; draft to a military...

File Number : 6805

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tuvia Iunger, born in Ujpest, 1925, regarding his experiences in labor battalions and on the Bericha routes

Testimony

Testimony of Tuvia Iunger, born in Ujpest, 1925, regarding his experiences in labor battalions and on the Bericha routes Family; learns in a yeshiva and a local high school; works cutting out gloves; obtains citizenship papers for his parents; life until the entry of the Germans. Anti-Jewish legislation issued by Endre Laszlo; labor in construction; deportation of the family to the ghetto, May 1944; drafted to Vac; transfer to Bor, June 1944; labor in building railroad lines within the Innsbruck camp; meets his brother-in-law; attitude of the Hungarian soldiers; retreat in the wake of the approach of the...

File Number : 6928

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Items per page:

1 – 10 of 15