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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliahu Elias Meier, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Bucharest and as a Romanian Army soldier in Saria

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Elias Meier, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Bucharest and as a Romanian Army soldier in Saria Life before the war; goes out to work after completing Grade 4; Forced labor in Bucharest, 1941-1942; deportation to Saria; drafted into the Romanian Army, 1944; transfer to the Soviet front at Sarata; desertion from the Romanian Army; liberation by the Red Army, 23 August 1944. Joins Bericha; move to Italy including crossing the Brenner Pass in the mountains on foot; recuperation in Milan; returns to take leave of his parents in Romania; leads a Bericha group out...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Jancsi Meizel Barzilai, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in hiding in Balassagyarmat and Kiskallo

Testimony

Testimony of David Jancsi Meizel Barzilai, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in hiding in Balassagyarmat and Kiskallo Financially secure family; death of his father; his mother owns an independent business; attends a mixed school; termination of his studies by order of the authorities. Pesach seder night and the arrest of his middle brother and his apparent execution by the Hlinka Guard, 1942; aliya of witness' eldest brother to Eretz Israel; transfer of his mother to Hungary on foot; finds a hiding place with his uncle in Balassagyarmat; volunteers to labor for the German...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther (Faierverker) Zusman, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and an ammunitions factory near Wuestegirsdorf

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (Faierverker) Zusman, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and an ammunitions factory near Wuestegirsdorf From a religious family; move to Mukacevo; life before the war. German occupation; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to forced labor in an ammunitions factory near Wuestegiersdorf; liberation. Return to Mukacevo; aliya attempt on the ship, "Tirat Zvi", detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tuvia Ornan, born in Wyszkow, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Bialystok and Kazakhstan

Testimony

Testimony of Tuvia Ornan, born in Wyszkow, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Bialystok and Kazakhstan His childhood in Wyszkow; displays of antisemitism before the war. Escape of the family to Bialystok with the outbreak of the war; deportation to Dzhambul as punishment for their intention to return to Poland, 1940; move to Kazakhstan after the expansion of the war toward the eastern front, 1941-1942. Return to Poland, 1946; harsh reception and displays of antisemitism by the Poles toward the Jews who returned; joins Hashomer Hatzair in Szczecin and leaves for Austria; aliya attempt to Eretz...

File Number : 7663

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzkhak Tzukerkandel, born in Bukowsko, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sanok, Izyaslav, Miskolc, Liptovsky Svaty, Mikulas and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzkhak Tzukerkandel, born in Bukowsko, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sanok, Izyaslav, Miskolc, Liptovsky Svaty, Mikulas and other places Life in Bukowsko and Sanok before the war; work in Sanok, August - November 1940. Slovakian garrison soldier in Bukowsko; work paving roads in Sanok area; German occupation; various forced labors; deportation of Jews from the Sanok area to a labor camp, September 1942; living in Izyaslav until the winter of 1942-1943; escape with a group from Poland to Hungary, disguised as a Pole; encounter with Jews from Poland at Nyiregyhaza, February 1944; on eve...

File Number : 10360

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Ben Yosef, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Kosice, Budapest and Buna camp

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Ben Yosef, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Kosice, Budapest and Buna camp Witness attends a Jewish school; move to Budapest at the age of 15; return to Kosice, 1943; return to Budapest. Deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, July 1944; forced labor in Buna labor camp until the end of the war; liberation by the Red Army. Joins aliya training in Regensburg; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Tirat Zvi" ship, summer 1947.

File Number : 9547

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Chaia Gitel (Faierverker) Zusman, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and a camp near Wuestegiersdorf

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Chaia Gitel (Faierverker) Zusman, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and a camp near Wuestegiersdorf Oldest daughter in a religious family; move to Mukacevo. Life under Czech rule; annexation to Hungary, 1938; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to forced labor in an ammunitions factory near Wuestegiersdorf, November 1944; camp life; liberation, May 1945. Return to Mukacevo; life in Mukacevo; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in...

File Number : 9438

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Immigrant certificate of David Leibovici, born 1931, issued in Famagusta

Immigrant certificate of David Leibovici, born 1931, issued in Famagusta – Immigrant certificate of David Leibovici for the ship "Tirat Zvi", issued by the Jewish Agency in Famagusta. Addresses in Haifa and Mukachevo are recorded on the back of the certificate. Comments from the submitter of the material (Adva Lavi): David Leibovici was born in Mukachevo. His parents were Dov and Seren Sarah (Idkovich). He had a younger brother and sister, Edith and Miki. Both perished in Auschwitz together with their mother. David and Dov survived the camps, and after the war immigrated to Eretz Israel via Cyprus.

File Number : 1681

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, English, Russian

Memoirs of Miriam Kanterovitz regarding the experiences of her family in Chorzele, Krasnosielc, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Białystok, at forced labor in Vologda and aliya to Eretz Israel

Memoirs of Miriam Kanterovitz regarding the experiences of her family in Chorzele, Krasnosielc, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Białystok, at forced labor in Vologda and aliya to Eretz Israel Memoirs of Miriam Mira (Sokolover) Kanterovitz, born in Chorzele, Poland, regarding the experiences of her family during the Holocaust: Her parents were Matis (Matisyahu and Sara Rivka Sokolover; her siblings were Avraham, Simcha, Bluma, Esther, Shlomo, Tova, Malka, David and Einich; an observant family; attendance at a non-Jewish school; German occupation of Poland, 1939; escape of Matis, Sara Rivka, and some of the children...

File Number : 9754

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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