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File Number : 1223

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : English

Experiences of Ada (Scherman) Teitler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, as provided by Zehava Friedman

Experiences of Ada (Scherman) Teitler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, as provided by Zehava Friedman Ownership of a leather goods factory by her maternal grandfather. Outbreak of the war when Ada is 13 years old; escape of the family to the village where her grandfather's factory is; liquidation of the factory by the Germans two years later; deportation of the family to the Lodz Ghetto; escape of Ada with two of her cousins from her grandfather's village; wanderings among villages in non-Jewish dress; in hiding at the homes of distant relatives; help from, and being hidden by, a non-Jew who teaches them...

File Number : 314

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Nachum Landman Ben-Artzi, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Teplik, Bershad, Iasi, Roman and other places

Memoirs of Nachum Landman Ben-Artzi, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Teplik, Bershad, Iasi, Roman and other places Deportation of the family to the Cernauti Ghetto at the outbreak of the war; deportation of the family to Transnistria; transfer to the Teplik camp with his parents; camp life including forced labor; decision of the Germans to murder the children and inmates unfit for work; in hiding with additional children during the "Aktion"; escape with his mother; transfer to a nearby village; he and his mother are turned in to the police by a Ukrainian farmer;...

File Number : 8264

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Regina Rikla (Milstein) Vinograd, born in Lublin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Lublin Ghetto, using a false identity, in hiding in a village and in Arnstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Regina Rikla (Milstein) Vinograd, born in Lublin, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Lublin Ghetto, using a false identity, in hiding in a village and in Arnstadt Life in Lublin before the war; family with many children; traditional family. Shelling of Lublin, September 1939; German occupation; kidnapping of Jews on the streets; anti-Jewish restrictions including the yellow badge; establishment of a Judenrat; deportation of her father to forced labor; abuse of Jews; escape to a village with her family; life in the village while using a false identity, spring 1940; informed on and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Noga Eugenia (Cohen) Donat, born in Milan, Italy, 1922, regarding her experiences in Milan, Pandino, using a false identity and in hiding in Castiraga Vidardo

Testimony

Testimony of Noga Eugenia (Cohen) Donat, born in Milan, Italy, 1922, regarding her experiences in Milan, Pandino, using a false identity and in hiding in Castiraga Vidardo Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; anti-Jewish restrictions; escape to Pandino due to air-raids, 1943; life in Pandino including the capture and deportation of her brother; deportation of her parents to Bergen-Belsen; escape to Castiraga Vidardo with help from an acquaintance; life in Castiraga Vidardo including finding a hiding place in the home of an Italian family; life using a false identity with the help of forged documents;...

File Number : 12962

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Faradzhi Yechail, born in Volos, Greece, 1933, regarding his experiences in Volos, in hiding in Almirós and a covent in the Thessaly district

Testimony

Testimony of Yechial Faradzhi, born in Volos, Greece, 1933, regarding his experiences in Volos, in hiding in Almirós and a covent in the Thessaly district Life before the war: his father owns a millinery; his mother’s work in a cigarette factory; Greek public school. German occupation; escape with the family to the Christian quarter; antisemites break into the apartment; move by a non-Jewish acquaintance to a catholic priests house in the village Almirós; changes his name to Adam; the priest is informed on; move to the Maria Theresa monastery in the Thessaly district; life in the monastery including work...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leon Majblum, born in Brzezany, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Brzezany Ghetto, including the murder of his family members, in hiding, during wanderings and crossing the front line to the Soviet side His father owned a bakery that functioned under Soviet rule as well. Riots and deportations immediately after the German occupation; attitude of the Ukrainians toward the Jews and their participation in mass murders; deportation of a brother and sister of his to Belzec in an "Aktion" on Yom Kippur; escape with his father to the forest; return to Brzezany after the Brzezany Ghetto...

File Number : 408

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Michal Pinkas, born in Dabrowka, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in Dabrowka, Wola Wadowska, in a hiding place from which he was evicted following the murder of his entire family, in hiding in fields, and with a Pole while using a false identity Residence in Dabrowka; his family owns a farm and has five children; Travel to his grandfather in Wola Wadowska with the deportation of the local Jews, two years after the occupation; residence with a Polish farmer; labor by his father for the Germans; start of the "Aktions"; the witness is entrusted to a Polish farmer; the...

File Number : 404

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Adela Gold, born in Zarzewy, the Debice district, Poland, 1911, regarding her experiences in Ryglice, Walkow, Dabrowa and during wanderings in villages

Testimony of Adela Gold, born in Zarzewy, the Debice district, Poland, 1911, regarding her experiences in Ryglice, Walkow, Dabrowa and during wanderings in villages Life in Ryglice, the majority of whose residents were Jewish, before the war; [German] occupation; eviction and deportation of her family from their rented home, after their Polish landlord informed on the family to German soldiers; she sleeps in the home of her sister-in-law, for nine weeks; move to Walkow; life in Walkow for one year, including constant fear of harassment by their Polish neighbor who had his eyes set on the family's...

File Number : 371

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jakub Walcer, born in Lubaczow, Poland regarding his experiences in Krakow, Podgorze, Rudawa, Smardzewice and in hiding in the Krakow area

Testimony of Jakub Walcer, born in Lubaczow, Poland regarding his experiences in Krakow, Podgorze, Rudawa, Smardzewice and in hiding in the Krakow area Life in Germany; deportation from Germany due to his Polish citizenship, May 1939 [was he not deported in October 1938 with the deportation of German Jews of Polish origin?]; life in Krakow. The German occupation; deportation to Podgorze four weeks later; life in Podgorze, including forced labor; deportation order to Jews not employed in fixed labor assignments, issued eight months later; transfer to Rudawa near Krzeszowice; life in Krzeszowice, including...

File Number : 226

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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