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Testimony of Yakob Eizenbaum Erez, born in Brzesc Nad Bugiem, Poland, 1936, regarding his experiences in Komi and in the area around Osh, Kirghizstan

Testimony

Testimony of Yakob Eizenbaum Erez, born in Brzesc Nad Bugiem, Poland, 1936, regarding his experiences in Komi and in the area surrounding Osh, Kirghizstan Escape from Brzesc Nad Bugiem to the Soviet Union with his parents, approximately 1940; life in a labor camp in the Komi region of Siberia, 1941; his father's work as a baker in the camp; transfer of the family to a kolkhoz near Osh, Kirghizstan, 1941; his parents' work harvesting cotton; relations with the Uzbek neighbors; drafting of his father into the Red Army; his father's return to Poland and joining Anders Army; move back to Poland with his mother,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lenza Meier Nachmanowicz, born in Sokal, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sokal, wanderings, and in the ranks of the partisans

Testimony of Lenza Meier Nachmanowicz, born in Sokal, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sokal, wanderings, and in the ranks of the partisans Establishment of the Sokal Ghetto, September 1942; forced labor while receiving beatings from the Germans and the Jewish policemen; "Aktion", 28 October, 1942; his father hides in a chicken coop and in the attic during the "Aktion"; discovery of his father, and his detention; transfer of the witness to a labor camp in Sokal, March 1943; camp life, including labor and beatings by Germans, at day and at night; escape, with the announcement that Sokal is...

File Number : 326

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Maks Leuchter, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1906, regarding his experiences in Uzbekistan

Testimony of Maks Leuchter, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1906, regarding his experiences in Uzbekistan Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; drafted to a Red Army construction battalion; transfer to Uzbekistan; drafted into the Polish Army; end of the war.

File Number : 851

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Marisha (Sharshevski) Kaminski, born in Łodz, Poland in 1918, regarding escape to Lwów and deportation to a labor camp in the east

Testimony

Testimony of Marisha (Sharshevski) Kaminski, born in Łodz, Poland in 1918, regarding escape to Lwów and deportation to a labor camp in the east Life in a well-to-do, assimilated, non-Zionist family; attendance at Polish school; joining the illegal Communist movement ZMS (a student organization) at age 14; outbreak of the war; air raids on 4 September 1939; entry of the Germans on 8 September 1939; local Germans assisting the German army; burning of Great Synagogue; requirement to wear yellow badge; capture of witness on the street for various kinds of labor; arriving via Bialystok in Lwów, where her sister...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew