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Testimony of Pnina Zahavi, born in Snow, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Snow and as a forced laborer using a false identity in Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Zahavi, born in Snow, Poland, 1926, regarding her experiences in Snow and as a forced laborer using a false identity in Germany Her childhood. Life under Soviet occupation, September 1939; acts of robbery by villagers from the area after the Soviets flee, July 1941; persecution of Jews after the German occupation; murder of most of the residents of Snow, including her family; hidden by a Baptist minister who is the head of the town council; escape to Baranowicze; joins a group of Soviet forced laborers using the false identity of Valentina Stepantsova; transfer with the group to Munich,...

File Number : 6598

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Grynsztejn, born in Olyka, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Olyka Ghetto and his rescue by Pietro Pawlowski, a Ukrainian farmer

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Grynsztejn, born in Olyka, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Olyka Ghetto and his rescue by Pietro Pawlowski, a Ukrainian farmer Life in the Olyka Ghetto including the behavior of the Jewish policeman Motel Borodaty; escape; wanderings in villages in the area; rescue with ten other Jews by the Ukrainian farmer Pietro Pawlowski; liberation. Rumours about the murder of the residents of the village of Malin; escape to Romania; repatriation to Poland; aliya to Israel, 1957.

File Number : 1819

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chawa Schachnowitz (Goldin) Berenstein, born in Nowy Swierzen, Poland, 1903, regarding her experiences in the Nowy Swierzen Ghetto, in hiding and in Podzierzyce

Testimony

Testimony of Chawa Schachnowitz (Goldin) Berenstein, born in Nowy Swierzen, Poland, 1903, regarding her experiences in the Nowy Swierzen Ghetto, in hiding and in Podzierzyce Outbreak of the war, June 1941; burning of Nowy Swierzen by the Germans; murder of the Partzovitz family on the first day of the occupation; murder of 20 youth in the Jewish cemetery, 12 Tishrei, 03 October 1941; murder of the Turzec community, Tishrei, September-October 1941; deportation of 100 Jews from Turzec to the Nowy Swierzen Ghetto; ghetto life including the murder of 200 Jews in an "Aktion", 05 November 1941; mass escape from...

File Number : 3535

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Chinka (Goldfarb) Menaker Weizmann, born in Kobryn, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in the Kobryn Ghetto, in the partisans and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Chinka (Goldfarb) Menaker Weizmann, born in Kobryn, Poland, 1915, regarding her experiences in the Kobryn Ghetto, in the partisans and in hiding Life before the war; marriage. German occupation; deportation to the Kobryn Ghetto; Kobryn Ghetto life including the liquidation of a hospital; escape with help from a German; life in hiding while hidden by a Ukrainian priest and by local farmers; joins the Soviet partisans; murder of her husband by Ukrainians; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1948.

File Number : 2905

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Mordechaj Korczak, born in Klewan, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Rowne Ghetto, Sosenki, in hiding in Postoino and with the partisans in Wolyn

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechaj Korczak, born in Klewan, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Rowne Ghetto, Sosenki, in hiding in Postoino and with the partisans in Wolyn Life before the war. German occupation; detention in Rowne; escape to Sosenki; escape to Rowne; life in the Rowne Ghetto including resistance to wearing the yellow badge; escape to Postoino; village life including hiding with help from a farmer and a Baptist family; escape to Wolyn; joins the partisans; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1948.

File Number : 2209

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Experiences of Mordechai Erwin Mitelman Tal, born in Brezno, Slovakia, 1930, and the experiences of his family during the war and following it

Experiences of Mordechai Erwin Mitelman Tal, born in Brezno, Slovakia, 1930, and the experiences of his family during the war and following it Childhood with his parents, Emil and Olga Mitelman, owners of a variety store in Brezno; transfer of his older brother, Josef Otto to a Hebrew school in Mukacevo, following the beginning of Nazi activity in the school he had attended, for the school year, 1938-1939; return home of Josef by crossing the border following the placement of Mukacevo outside of Slovakian borders on account of the Munich Agreement, 05 October 1938; failure of his parents in obtaining aliya...

File Number : 8965

Type of Material : Memoirs