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Testimony of Yocheved Chava (Beitelman) Gil, born in Hotin, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences during the deportation to Transnistria and in an orphanage in Bucharest

Testimony

Testimony of Yocheved Chava (Beitelman) Gil, born in Hotin, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences during the deportation to Transnistria and in an orphanage in Bucharest Death of her father, 1933, and of her oldest brother, 1937. Deportation to Transnistria together with her younger sister, 1941; death of her mother, 1943; return to Romania, 1944; life in orphanages in Bucharest, June-December 1944. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Taurus", December, 1944; detention in Atlit; absorption in Kibbutz Shaar Haamakim.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Hana (Druckman) Miron, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1938, regarding her experiences as a child in Cernauti, in hiding in Cuciurul, in Mogilev-Podolski, in the Shargorod Ghetto and in other places Life before the war. Deportation to Transnistria; rescue on the Dniester River; transfer to Cuciurul with her mother; life in Cuciurul while in hiding with her family in a home; discovery of her father and murder of her father, in front of everyone, along with other men; deportation to Edineti; transfer to Atachi; life in Mogilev-Podolski including meeting her family; deportation to Shargorod;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Benjamin Pomerantz, born in Sniatyn, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Sniatyn Ghetto, Kolomyja, in hiding with an assumed identity in Cernauti, Bucharest and other places

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Testimony of Benjamin Pomerantz, born in Sniatyn, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Sniatyn Ghetto, Kolomyja, in hiding with an assumed identity in Cernauti, Bucharest and other places Life before the war; learns in a yeshiva; death of his father in Vienna. Soviet occupation, 1939; German occupation, 1941; his grandfather helps him find a hiding place; restrictions on the Jews including wearing an armband; confiscation of valuables; concentration of the Jews near the municipality building; deportation to the Sniatyn Ghetto; ghetto life including maintaining a religious home; murder of his...

File Number : 12975

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bilha (Betelman) Ronen, born in Hotin, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Hotin, Secureni, Atachi, the Dzhurin Ghetto and other places

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Testimony of Bilha (Betelman) Ronen, born in Hotin, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in Hotin, Secureni, Atachi, the Dzhurin Ghetto and other places Life before the war; orphaned of her father; from a family with hardships; attends the Tarbut Hebrew school; her brother's activities in Hashomer Hatzair. Soviet occupation, 1940; deportation of middle-class people to Siberia; activities of Communist informers; air-raids on Hotin, June 1940; fires in Hotin; German and Romanian occupation; murder of the intelligentsia; hanging of Jews; round up of Jews, October 1940; deportation on foot;...

File Number : 12853

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zipora Zita (Drukman) Ionai, born in Banila Pe Siret, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Banila Pe Siret, Stepanki and Mogilev

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Testimony of Zipora Zita (Drukman) Ionai, born in Banila Pe Siret, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Banila Pe Siret, Stepanki and Mogilev Well-to-do family; relations with the Romanian population; attends a Tarbut Hebrew school; activities in Hashomer Hatzair and Bnei Akiva movements. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; exile of well-to-do Jews to Siberia; confiscation of property, 1939; re-annexation to Romania; murder of her father, 1940; concentration of the Banila Jews in a movie theater; deportation on foot in the direction of Ukraine; sleeps outside under the open sky; en route via...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Veininger, born in Cozmeni, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences in Atachi

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Testimony of Avraham Veininger, born in Cozmeni, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences in Atachi From a traditional family; life before the war; education. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; German occupation; decrees including confiscation of possessions and yellow badge; deportation to Atachi; death of his grandmother from typhus; finds a hiding place in the home of a villager in exchange for work; deportation of his brother to a labor camp; meets his brother; liberation. Return to Cozmeni; draft of his father to the Red Army; completion of his studies; move to Bucharest; aliya attempt on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Lebel, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski

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Testimony of Zvi Lebel, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski Life before the war. Soviet occupation, June 1940; arrival of refugees from Poland; German occupation; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation to Atachi; life in Atachi including the behavior of the Romanian gendarmes; confiscation of valuables; transfer on foot to a military camp in Mogilev-Podolski; life in Mogilev-Podolski including his mother's labor as a cook and the witness' labor sawing lumber; confrontations with non-Jewish children; evacuation of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ester Kopelman, born in Radauti, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Vikop Ghetto, Mogilev-Podolski, Shargorod, in prison in Ukraine and other places

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Testimony of Ester Kopelman, born in Radauti, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Vikop Ghetto, Mogilev-Podolski, Shargorod, in prison in Ukraine and other places From a traditional-religious family; move to her grandparents' home in Gura Humorului; attends a Jewish school. Deportation to the Vikop Ghetto, 1941; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; confiscation of possessions; life in Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Shargorod; her brother contracts dysentery; her mother's pregnancy; help from Ukrainians; detention in a Ukrainian prison; release after payment of a ransom; transfer to Cernauti; help from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dina (Froymovich) Finkelstein, born in Focsani, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Krasnopolka and an orphanage in Mogilev

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Testimony of Dina (Froymovich) Finkelstein, born in Focsani, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Krasnopolka and an orphanage in Mogilev Well-to-do family. Deportation to Krasnopolka, 1940; life in Krasnopolka; deportation of her parents to forced labor; German occupation, 1941; pogroms; life in Krasnopolka due to her father's labor; death of her mother; placed in an orphanage in Mogilev; Soviet occupation; deportation of her father to forced labor; move to Krasno; placed with a Jewish family; move to relatives in Krasno; meets her father; return to Cernauti. Draft of her father into...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Berta Ovich, born in Radauti, 1931, regarding her experiences in Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Berta Ovich, born in Radauti, 1931, regarding her experiences in Transnistria Family; attends a non-Jewish school; Jews in the village; good neighborly relations with the Romanians until 1939; membership in Bnei Akiva; Zionist activities. Riots; in hiding, rescue of her father; deportation to Transnistria; travel to Atachi by train; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; hunger, fear and disease; deportation to Krizhopol; help from an SS man; liberation. Soviet occupation; draft of men to the Red Army; return to Radauti; their house has been destroyed; Bnei Akiva aliya training; sets sail on the...

File Number : 9813

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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