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Memoirs of Joseph Sternreich, born in Weissenfels, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in Weissenfels, Berlin, Hadleigh, Bromsgrove, Kempsey and other places, and letters and postcards sent to Joseph in England by his family members in Jessenmuehle camp, Krakow and Weissenfels, 1939-1940 Memoirs: His family's life in Weissenfels; he attends a public (non-Jewish) elementary school; work as a clerk in a shoe factory; dismissal from his work after the forced transfer of the factory to non-Jewish owners; agricultural studies in Berlin; deportation of Polish nationals, and his parents' arrival to Krakow;...

File Number : 1914

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Memoirs, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Testimony of Kalman Henig Ben Amnon, born in Osiek, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Staszow Ghetto, Aomler, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Buchenwald and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Kalman Henig Ben Amnon, born in Osiek, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Staszow Ghetto, Aomler, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Buchenwald and other places Life in Staszow before the war; deportation to the Staszow Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to the Aomler camp; camp life including labor; transfer to Skarzysko-Kamienna; camp life including labor in Werk A; labor of inmates with poisonous material in Werk C; transfer to Buchenwald, 1943; camp life; transfer to Theresienstadt, 1945; liberation by the Red Army. Move to Czestochowa; search for family in Czestochowa; move to Feldafing; move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hadasa (Folk) Rozen, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1921, regarding her experiences in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Hadasa (Folk) Rozen, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1921, regarding her experiences in hiding Life before the war; education. German occupation; life in various hiding places; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Yagur", 1946; life on Kibbutz Dovrat including marriage and starting a family.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bronia (Shidlovsky) Ofir, born in Piotrkow, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Piotrkow Ghetto, Warsaw, a HASAG camp, Czestochowa and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Bronia (Shidlovsky) Ofir, born in Piotrkow, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Piotrkow Ghetto, Warsaw, a HASAG camp, Czestochowa and other places From a well-to-do Zionist family; witness's aunt makes aliya to Eretz Israel; plan to study in Eretz Israel; acquires a Jewish education with her father's help; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war, 1939; hoarding food; shelling by the German Army; draft of Jews into the Polish Army; antisemitic restrictions and decrees; German occupation; deportation to the Piotrkow Ghetto; ghetto life including cultural activities; learns...

File Number : 12733

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Ziv, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in hiding in Nitra and using a false identity in Bratislava

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Ziv, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in hiding in Nitra and using a false identity in Bratislava Orphaned of his mother at a young age; attends a religious-Orthodox school; placed in an orphanage in Austria with his brother; return to Nitra after the Anschluss, 1938; activities in the Bnei Akiva movement. "Aktions", 1942-1944; in hiding in an attic; help from the neighbors; move to Bratislava; receives forged documents; life using a false name; approach of the front, 1944; forced labor digging for the Todt organization; liberation by the Red Army,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chana Shvimer, born in Mistice, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Retzow

Testimony

Testimony of Chana Shvimer, born in Mistice, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Retzow Family life before the war. Deportation to the Berehovo Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including labor sorting the possessions in the Canada Kommando; death march in the direction of Ravensbrueck, January 1945; transfer to Retzow; camp life and labor building an airfield; evacuation of the camp and on a death march; liberation by the Red Army. Move to Prague with the help of the Red Cross; aliya to Eretz Israel onboard the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Vera (Levinshtein) Leibovitz, born in Samorin, 1929, regarding her experiences in Samorin, the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Augsburg and Muehldorf camps

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Vera (Levinshtein) Leibovitz, born in Samorin, 1929, regarding her experiences in Samorin, the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Augsburg and Muehldorf camps Family background. Annexation to Hungary, 1939; confiscation of her father's store along with the rest of the Jewish stores; abuse of Jews by local residents; her father's preparations to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940; arrival of refugees from Slovakia and their subsequent disappearance, 1942; feelings of anxiety and uncertainty; entry of the Germans, 19 March, 1944; deportation to the Velky Mager Ghetto; draft of...

File Number : 10138

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rina Irmai, born in Piotrkow Trybunalski, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Piotrkow Trybunalski Ghetto and Czestochowa

Testimony

Testimony of Rina Irmai, born in Piotrkow Trybunalski, 1921, regarding her experiences in a ghetto in Piotrkow Trybunalski and Czestochowa Family; attends a Polish high school; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Outbreak of the war; her brother's death; entry into the ghetto, November 1939; active in education, culture and volunteers in the hospital; sealing of the ghetto; underground member; deterioration of the conditions in the ghetto; labor sorting; selections; deportation of her parents to Treblinka; transfer to a workshop center where she manages the office; arrests; torture and murders; total...

File Number : 9808

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Bornstein, born in Zyrardow, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Zyrardow, the Warsaw Ghetto and wanderings between Polish villages while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of David Bornstein, born in Zyrardow, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Zyrardow, the Warsaw Ghetto and wanderings between Polish villages while using a false identity Life in Zyrardow, near Warsaw. Deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, 1941; escape from the ghetto, 1942; travel to his brother in Otwock; work as a shepherd on various estates; life in Suchowola using a false identity; move to Zamosc and return to the home of a farmer for whom he had previously worked; liberation by the Red Army, August 1944. Move to Lublin; return to Zyrardow; life in an orphanage in Chorzow; move by ship...

File Number : 7976

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fani Shvartz, born in Pabianice, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Pabianice Ghetto, Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Fani Shvartz, born in Pabianice, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Pabianice Ghetto, Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz Ultra-Orthodox family; attends a Beit Yaakov school and a Polish school. Outbreak of the war; Pabianice Ghetto life, 1940-1942; escape to the Lodz Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau with her two sisters with the liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto; selection by Mengele; transfer to a camp near Hamburg with approximately 700 female inmates; labor clearing rubble in the city; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; liberation by the British Army. Aliya attempt on the "Yagur" ship,...

File Number : 9041

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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