Memoirs of Shmuel Geler regarding his experiences in the Vilna and Lida Ghettos, in the partisan battalion of the Bielski brothers, and in Iwie in 1941-1945
Life in Vilna at the outbreak of war in 1941; transfer to forced labor; life in the Vilna Ghetto; news regarding the murders of Jews, including his colleagues (teachers) in Iwie; "Aktions" in the Vilna Ghetto; escape from the Vilna Ghetto and stay in hiding in Iwie; escape to the Lida Ghetto in December 1941; mass murders in the Lida Ghetto; news regarding the murder of his son in Iwie in May 1942; his wife's escape to the Lida Ghetto; hiding with his...
Memoirs of Yaakov Abramovich, born in Korelicze, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Korelicze and Nowogródek Ghettos, the Dworzec labor camp and in a partisan unit under the command of the Bielski brothers, 1941-1944, and his activities in Italy, Germany and Eretz Israel after the war
The memoirs were written 1997-2007 (In Hebrew, scanned):
Family life in Korelicze; marriage of his sister Menucha to Chaim Itzkovitz, and their aliya to Eretz Israel, 1936; outbreak of the war, 22 June 1941; attacks on Jews by Christian residents, robbery of Jewish property, beating of Jews, abuse; arrival of the Germans...
File Number : 9884
Type of Material : Poem/song, Memoirs, Draft, Article, List of Jews, Genealogy, List of Jewish Partisans