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Testimony of Yitzchak Endre Bohm Bashan, born in Martonvasar, Hungary, 1925

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzchak Endre Bohm Bashan, born in Martonvasar, Hungary, 1925 Childhood in a well-to-do family; death of his father and move to Budapest; move to Szekesfehervar for studies, 1938; move to Budapest for studies, until 1943. Invasion of German Army, March 1944; restrictions in movement; yellow badge; drafted to forced labor, June 1944; heavy bombings and stay in Szolnok until August 1944; return to Budapest and continuation of forced labor; receiving permit to visit his family and information regarding the deportation of Jews; wanderings in various cities; stay in Baja; first escape attempt;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Iungreiss, born in Lorinci, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in Kiskoros, the Salgotarjan Ghetto, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Iungreiss, born in Lorinci, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in Kiskoros, the Salgotarjan Ghetto, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen Life before the war; Orthodox family; attends a Hungarian school; learns in a "heder" and yeshiva; move to Kiskoros; life in Kiskoros. Outbreak of the war; restrictions on the Jews; deportation of his father to forced labor; return of his father; deportation to the Salgotarjan Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer with his father to forced labor; labor in construction of an airfield and digging anti-tank trenches; approach of the Red Army; transfer in a death...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rafael Richard Auslender Tadmor, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto, Obodovka, Bershad and Balti

Testimony

Testimony of Rafael Richard Auslender Tadmor, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto, Obodovka, Bershad and Balti Life in Cernauti before the war. Deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life; deportation to Obodovka with his parents; transfer to Bershad; life in Bershad including his father's death; life using a false German identity with the help of his German looks and German mother-tongue; escape to Balti; life in Balti; liberation, 1944. Return to Cernauti; education in Cluj; life in Iasi including joining the Hashomer Hatzair...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

העד- בן למשפחה מסורתית; השתתפות בתנועות נוער ציוניות; החיים במשפחה; סיום לימודים בבית הספר ב-1942; הצטרפות לעסק האב; פלישת הצבא הגרמני במרץ 1944; גירוש לגטו Nyiregyhaza במאי 1944; עבודות כפייה ב-Simapuszta; גירוש למחנה Auschwitz; סלקציה; גילוח; כניסה למחנה; עבודות כפייה בבית חרושת Krupp לייצור תותחים ארוכי טווח; חלוקת מזון דל ובאיכות ירודה; מסדרים; גירוש למחנה Fuenfteichen; עבודות כפייה בבנייה ובמסגרות; מכירת בדלי סיגריות; אונס ילדים בידי האחראים על הבלוקים; דזינטריה; חיפושים גופניים בכדי למנוע הברחת נשק וחומרים אסורים בידי האסירים בשובם למחנה מעבודות כפייה; רצח אסירים חולים ברוויר, "מרפאה" שהוקמה במחנה, בהוראת...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pinchas Kleiner born in Banila Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Mogilev-Podolski and Murafa

Testimony

Testimony of Pinchas Kleiner born in Banila Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Mogilev-Podolski and Murafa Life before the war. Annexation to the Soviet Union, 1940; outbreak of the war; rescue of Jews from a Ukrainian riot by the Romanian gendarmes; deportation to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Murafa; life in Murafa including labor in a carpentry workshop; liberation by the Red Army, April 1944. Return to Romania; Hanoar Hatzioni activities; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; absorption.

File Number : 12690

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Hameiri, born in Biharpuspoki, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Oradea, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rosenheim, Allach and Staltach

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Hameiri, born in Biharpuspoki, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Oradea, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rosenheim, Allach and Staltach Life in a religious family. Hungarian occupation, September 1940; transfer of the family to Oradea; deportation to a ghetto, April 1944; deportation Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Rosenheim, Allach and Staltach; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Landsberg DP camp life; contact with Dror Habonim in Hungary, October 1945; aliya training; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia on the "Rafiah" ship, December 1946; sinking of the ship near Sirena...

File Number : 9175

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Berlan, born in Cliscauti, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Berlan, born in Cliscauti, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Transnistria Life in Cliscauti. Annexation to the Soviet Union; departs the family home; his father's labor in a kolkhoz as a barber; German occupation; deportation to Sulita, 1941; transfer to Seminca and then to Balki; life in a former military base; death of his father from beatings by a German; death of his mother and brother from disease and starvation; witness' labor in a labor camp near Tulchin and Zhmerinka; liberation. Illegal immigration attempt to Eretz Israel and the ship's sinking; detention in...

File Number : 8867

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Margalit Jager, born in Dej, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Dej Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and other camps in Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Margalit Jager, born in Dej, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Dej Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and other camps in Germany Family life; studies in various educational institutions; relations between Jews and non-Jews until Hungarian occupation; daily life. Anti-Jewish legislation; difficulties making a livelihood and deterioration of relations with the non-Jewish neighbors; deportation of her father to a labor camp, late 1943; her father's return home two weeks before the deportation of the family to the Dej Ghetto, May 1944; abuse by Hungarians of ultra-Orthodox Jews; ghetto...

File Number : 8777

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachel Vilenski, born in Budesti, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Berbesti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Zillerthal and Guenskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Vilenski, born in Budesti, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Berbesti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Zillerthal and Guenskirchen Religious established family. Hungarian occupation, 1939; deterioration of the attitude toward the Jews; German occupation, 1944; cancellation of ownership of Jewish property; deportation of Jews from the area to the Berbesti Ghetto, May 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, one month later; separation from her family; transfer to Zillerthal to labor spinning threads with her sister and other young female inmates; transfer to Mauthausen; Allied air-raids...

File Number : 8669

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Mozes Tzimet, born in Banila pe Siret, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences in Strojinetz, Edineti and Djurin

Testimony

Testimony of Reuven Mozes Tzimet, born in Banila pe Siret, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences in Strojinetz, Edineti and Djurin Soviet rule, 1937; German occupation, 1941; murder of Jews on Shabbat by villagers using axes, 07 July 1941; deportation of the remaining Jews to Ciudei, whose Jewish residents were also murdered; transfer to Strojinetz; removal of corpses from graves; transfer to Edineti; harsh living conditions without food and water; labor in road maintenance; rumors concerning the burial of Jews alive in the Atachi area; harsh physical situation; transfer to Mogilev, October 1941; transfer...

File Number : 6891

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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