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Testimony of Mirka (Klaver) Zaklikovski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and other camps, 1940-1945

Testimony

Childhood before the war; Outbreak of the war; arrival of refugees from Czechoslovakia and Germany; restrictions; deportation to the ghetto; curfew; forced labor; taking of her father to forced labor; "Aktions"; public hangings of Jews; escapes from the ghetto; cultural life in the ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; transfer to labor camps in Germany; working in a weapons factory; reasonable treatment by the Germans; liberation by the British Army; Rebuilding life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1949.

File Number : 13855

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation belonging to Henryk Zwi and Roza (Pomeranc) Rozenberg, 1946-1965

Documentation belonging to Henryk Zwi and Roza (Pomeranc) Rozenberg, 1946-1965 - Documentation belonging to Henryk Rozenberg with a list of milestones he wrote down in the Feldafing DP camp, including the dates on which the events occurred (translated into Hebrew); the list is divided by events that occurred during the war and events that occurred afterwards; - Affidavits made by Henryk Rosenberg and his wife Roza ((Pomeranc) Rozenberg regarding their experiences during the war, given in Stuttgart, 1949; in the affidavits there is information regarding Henryk's time in the Radom Ghetto, the Vaihingen camp...

File Number : 732

Type of Material : Declaration, Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Letters and postcards sent to Jakob Amram in Zurich, 1939-1945

Letters and postcards sent to Jakob Amram in Zurich, 1939-1945 - Letter sent by Seligmann Hirschberg and Goldine Dina Amram from Leer to the Wortheim family, 15 December 1939; not having enough time to write since their son Yehiel made aliya to Eretz Israel and they are busy corresponding with him; - Postcards and letters sent to Jakob Amram in Zurich by his mother and sisters, Dina and Frida, in Frankfurt am Main, 1940-1942; - Correspondence between Jakob Amram and Berti Heilbrunn, the young woman who worked together with Seligmann and Goldine, 15 September 1942; deportation of the Hirschberg couple...

File Number : 2118

Type of Material : Postcard, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : German

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places

Testimony of Eva Rocek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Prague, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, the Kurzbach camp and other places Life before the war; her parents are Viktor Porges, born in Horazdovice and Anna (Bondy), born in Horovice. German occupation; ban on owning animals by Jews; payment of a bribe to a veterinarian for certifying the euthanization of her dog; termination of studies by Jewish students, including high school studies; yellow badge; deportations to Lodz and Theresienstadt, 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt with her family, July 1942; life in camp in...

File Number : 8521

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Memoirs written by Zigmund Henig, born in Hungary, 1906, titled, ("Életrajzom és a sok megszenvedésből, zsidó voltamért") "The Story of my Life and Endless Suffering for Being a Jew") regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army, Auschwitz, Kaufering camp and Allach camp Life in Hungary, until 1942; Drafted into forced labor within the framework of the Hungarian Army, June 1942; service on the eastern front in the Korosten, Stary Oskol and Kovel areas, until Spring 1944; return to Székelyudvarhely, May 1944; deportation together with his family to the Marosvásárhely Ghetto; deportation to...

File Number : 8484

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Memoirs of Benjamin Anolik, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Lagedi, Klooga and Auvere camps, 1943-1944, and lectures and interviews that he held, 1947-2008

Memoirs of Benjamin Anolik, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Lagedi, Klooga and Auvere camps, 1943-1944, and lectures and interviews that he held, 1947-2008 Deportation by train from the Vilna Ghetto; journey by train via Ponary; fear regarding Ponary as a destination; arrival in Auvere; forced labor; transfer on foot to Kivioli camp; transfer to Klooga camp; meets his father; [camp life] including hunger; attempts to obtain bread; acts of abuse against inmates by the SS and falling in love with a girl called Nina; receiving love letters from Nina; farewell from Nina due to her...

File Number : 8477

Type of Material : Documentary, Interview(s), Poems/songs, Lecture, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish

Memoirs of Lilly Fluss, born in Mateszalka, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto, Strasshof, Langenlebarn and Moosbierbaum

Memoirs of Lilly Fluss, born in Mateszalka, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto, Strasshof, Langenlebarn and Moosbierbaum Life in the Mateszalka Ghetto; work in a brick factory; life in Strasshof; the love between her sister, Julia, and Andre, a French man, during their stay in Strasshof until after the liberation; life in Langenlebarn; life in Moosbierbaum.

File Number : 8231

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Idel Yehuda Uchitel, born in 1916 in Zgurita, Romania, about his experiences in Zgurita, in the Kopaygorod ghetto, and with the partisans

Offspring of a religious Zionist family; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; the German–Soviet war breaks out in 1941; witness escapes in the direction of Ukraine; circulates among villages in the area; arrested and deported to the Kopaygorod ghetto; life in the ghetto under dire conditions; working for a local peasant; escape with a friend to the forests; joins the partisans; the Germans close in and the witness retreats as far as Fergana; works in a textile plant; marries in a local synagogue; moves to Kiev in late 1944; rehabilitation; immigration to Israel in 1973; adjustment to life in Israel.

File Number : 13493

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth Heilman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Katowice, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula, in hiding and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth Heilman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Katowice, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula, in hiding and in other places Her childhood; move to Katowice, 1929; life in Katowice including attending a school; attends a Polish high school; musical education and activities in Hanoar Hatzioni; displays of antisemitism before the war; help to Jewish refugees before the war; move back to Sosnowiec, 1939. Outbreak of the war; escape in a convoy to Katowice; burning of synagogues; move back to Sosnowiec; life in the Jewish area in Sosnowiec including acts of abuse on Jews and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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