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Testimony of Elza Zipora (Kamil) Pakher, born in Vijnita, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Vijnita, in Mogilev Podolskiy and in Dzhurin camp

Testimony of Elza Zipora (Kamil) Pakher, born in Vijnita, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Vijnita, in Mogilev Podolskiy and in Dzhurin camp Life before the war; Deportation of her family to the Transnistria area in 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy; transfer to Dzhurin camp; separation from her parents along with her younger brother; Dzhurin camp life for four years; she takes care of her brother; Dzhurin camp life along with the other children; hunger; suffering from diseases; death of children in the camp; abuse of children by the Ukrainians; smuggle of food for partisans in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter written by G. Frenkel regarding antisemitic neighbors who abuse her, and the refusal of the authorities to interfere; reply of Ilya Ehrenburg who addressed the complaint to the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party in Ukraine and Mr. Sinitsa, a member of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union

File Number : 25

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

Testimony of Arie Truszinski, born in Osowa Wyszka, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Osowa Wyszka, forests, in hiding and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Truszinski, born in Osowa Wyszka, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Osowa Wyszka, forests, in hiding and with the partisans Childhood in a well-to-do family; attendance at the Tarbut high school in Stepan. Life under Soviet rule, 1939; threat of deportation to Siberia; occupation [of Osowa Wyszka] by the German Army, 1941; deportation of youth to forced labor; rumors of murder [of Jews] in pits; escape of the family to a forest; hunt for the family; murder of his father and his brother on leaving the forest; hunt for the family; murder of his mother and two siblings; being...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Maria (Daskalovitz) Rubin, born in Vilkovce, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Vilkovce, in hiding, in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Geislingen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Maria (Daskalovitz) Rubin, born in Vilkovce, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences in Vilkovce, in hiding, in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz, Geislingen and other places Life under Hungarian rule, 1939; deportation by the Hungarians from Vilkovce to Kamenets-Podolski due to lack of a registered Hungarian citizenship; escape; illegally crosses the border to Vilkovce; in hiding until her family organizes matters regarding [their] Hungarian citizenship; detention of her brother, who was accused of Zionist activities by the Hungarians; anti-Jewish decrees imposed by the Hungarian...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Etel (Era Khodorkovski-Perlmuter) Erez, born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1937, regarding her experiences in Kiev, Samarkand and Katta-Kurgan

Testimony

Testimony of Etel (Era Khodorkovski-Perlmuter) Erez, born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1937, regarding her experiences in Kiev, Samarkand and Katta-Kurgan Childhood in Kiev; her parents' Communist activities. German occupation at the outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany, 1941; her father is drafted into the Red Army and dies in battle; escape to the Samarkand Uzbekistan area with her mother and sister, 1941; life and work in a Stalin kolkhoz in the Katta Kurgan area; relations with the Uzbeks; move to the city of Katta-Kurgan, apparently in 1943; her mother's marriage to Perlmuter, a Jewish...

File Number : 13257

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Felicia Lici (Sternberg) Nesher, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1936, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and the Luchinets Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Felicia Lici (Sternberg) Nesher, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1936, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and the Luchinets Ghetto Well-to-do family. Deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life; her father's possibility to be rescued from a deportation due to his profession; refusal by her father to be rescued from the deportation; deportation to Transnistria; Luchinets Ghetto life; her father's departure from the borders of the ghetto in order to obtain food; murder of her father by Romanian gendarmes; witness' work leading cows to pasture for a Ukrainian woman;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of Jews who were accepted to work in a government institution in Kiev, 09/1944

File Number : 182

Type of Material : List of Jewish Survivors

Language : Russian

List of Jews who were accepted to work in a government institution in Kiev, 09/1944

File Number : 182

Type of Material : List of Jewish Survivors

Language : Russian

Testimony of Dora (Shafir) Shtir, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Sosnowiec, the Soviet Union and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Dora (Shafir) Shtir, born in Baligrod, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in Sosnowiec, the Soviet Union and Tashkent Life before the war; from a religious family with hardships; attends a local Polish school; move to Lesko; life in Lesko including Hashomer Hatzair membership; move to Sosnowiec; life in Sosnowiec including continuation of her schooling; German occupation, 01 September 1939; murder of young Jews; burning of the synagogue; escape to the Soviet Union with her sister; life in the Soviet Union including work in a kolkhoz; escape to Tashkent by train; life in Tashkent including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dvora (Udler) Mendelev, born in Rowno, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in hiding in a forest and a Ukrainian female farmer's home

Testimony

Testimony of Dvora (Udler) Mendelev, born in Rowno, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in hiding in a forest and a Ukrainian female farmer's home Traditional well-to-do family; her father is a grain and lumber merchant. Displays of antisemitism from the Ukrainians, 1942; escape to forests and in hiding in a pit; life in hiding icluding the death of her mother; search for her father; life in a forest with her father and two brothers; hidden by a local female farmer; work as a nanny and shepherd; death of her father and brothers; escape to a family friend's home; liberation, February 1944. Return...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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