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Testimony of Hela (Feltz) Reznik, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925 regarding her experiences in the Parschnitz labor camp, Czechoslovakia

Testimony

Prewar childhood; antisemitism; plans for aliya to Eretz Israel; outbreak of the war; German occupation; burning of houses; deportation to the Parschnitz labor camp, Czechoslovakia; camp life, 1941-1945; hunger; longing; murder of her family; liberation by the Red Army; Rebuilding life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

שוורץ עזריאלTestimony of Azriel Shvartz, born 1930 in Berehovo, Carpathia, Czechoslovakia, about the Berehovo ghetto and the camps of Auschwitz, Javisovice, and Buchenwald

Testimony

Testimony of Azriel Shvartz, born in Berehovo, Carpathia, Czechoslovakia in 1930, regarding life in the Berehovo Ghetto and Auschwitz, Javisovice, and Buchenwald camps Childhood; life under the Hungarian regime in 1938; increasing antisemitism and restrictions; the Hungarians’ takeover of his father’s businesses and nationalizing them in 1940; German occupation in 1944; confiscation of property and valuables in 1944; expulsion to the Berehovo Ghetto; life in the ghetto for several weeks; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944 and staying in the camp for several days; the deportation of the witness and his father...

File Number : 13685

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of Yaakov Erner, born in Sosnowicz, Poland, 1917, and his wife Rachel, including the fate of the family, 1943-2005

Documentation of Yaakov Erner, born in Sosnowicz, Poland, 1917, and his wife Rachel, including the fate of the family, 1943-2005 - Letter sent by Yaakov and Rachel Erner from Kibbutz Nir David to Yad Vashem, 20 February 2005, regarding their activities in Bericha in Szczecin; - Article written by Yaakov Erner regarding the significance of Yom Kippur after the loss of his family in the Holocaust, 26 September 2001; - Article titled, "My Brave Sister" written by Yaakov Erner regarding his sister Hanka's act of bravery during the liquidation of the Sosnowicz Ghetto, 10 August 1943; - Excerpts from...

File Number : 1237

Type of Material : Memoirs, Article, Personal Documents, Letter

Testimony of Shlomo Feldshtein, born in Przeworsk, Poland, in 1934, regarding his hiding with a Polish farmer in Grzeska between 1942-1944

Testimony

-Childhood before the war; relations with the local population; outbreak of the war; life until 1942; "Aktion"; escape of the family to the forest following a warning they got from a farmer; hiding with the farmer for 2 years 1942-1944; leaving the hiding place with the approach of the Russians; leaving Poland; reconstruction of life after the war; emigration to Israel; exile to Cyprus; Aliya back to Israel

File Number : 13758

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit (Kraus) Lahav, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1930 regarding the move of her family to Komarom, deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, additional camps and death march

Testimony

Childhood before the war; annexation of Slovakia by Nazi Germany, 1938; move of her family to Komarom, Hungary; Drafting of her father to labor battalions; increase in antisemitism; German invasion, 19 March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; deportation for a short time to a citadel in the city that became a ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection and transfer to Plaszow; labor paving roads; return to Auschwitz for a short time and from there to Rochlitz for labor in a factory producing airplane parts; transfer to Calw to an airplane factory; death march to Buching; liberation, late April...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Genia (Nistenpover) Hermon, born in Pultusk, Poland, 1929 regarding the deportation of her family to Bialystok, USSR, and life in Berezniki, Ural

Testimony

German occupation, 1939; the family's escape to a nearby town and return after a short time; deportation on foot by the Germans to the Soviet border and transfer to a refugee camp in Bialystok; deportation by the Soviet authorities to Adamova Gora near Berezniki, Ural; her parents working in construction; liberation following the outbreak of the Soviet-German war; move to Orsha, Belorussia, 1941; approach of the front; air-raids; escape to Uzbekistan, 1941; move to a kolkhoz to work in cotton picking for several months; move to Kassansay; studies in a Soviet school; Her return with the family after the end...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Experiences of Avraham Acker Ekroni, born in Debreczin, Hungary, and of his family members, as written by his grandson in Haifa

Experiences of Avraham Acker Ekroni, born in Debreczin, Hungary, and of his family members, as written by his grandson in Haifa Deportation of the Acker family to the Debreczin Ghetto, including Avraham's father David, his mother Ita, their sons Binyamin, Avraham, Menachem and Tuvia, and their daughters Vera (Rivka) and Yehudit; arrival to Strasshof camp in Germany; transfer of his older brother Binyamin to Theresienstadt; liberation of the remainder of the family members by the Red Army. Return to Hungary; aliya to Eretz Israel with the help of the Bericha organization, via Italy; reunion with his...

File Number : 349

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Anna Noifeld (Keler), born in Sobrance, Slovakia in 1924, regarding her experiences in Uzhorod Ghetto, Auschwitz camp, and Taucha camp

Testimony of Anna Noifeld (Keler), born in Sobrance, Slovakia in 1924, regarding her experiences in Uzhorod Ghetto, Auschwitz camp, and Taucha camp Life under Hungarian regime in 1938; German occupation in 1944; expulsion to Uzhorod Ghetto and life in ghetto in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; life in camp; deportation to Taucha labor camp in Germany in 1944; labor in Hasag factory for manufacturing aircraft parts; death march in 1945; liberation by Russians in Meissen, Germany in 1945; return to Slovakia in 1945; move to Prague in 1946 and from there to Karlovy Vary; rebuilding life after the war; aliya and...

File Number : 13469

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avigdor Rubinshtein, born in Sokolow, Poland in 1921, regarding his experiences in USSR, Siberia, and Bukhara, and his survival

Testimony

Testimony of Avigdor Rubinshtein, born in Sokolow, Poland in 1921, regarding his experiences in USSR, Siberia, and Bukhara, and his survival Life in a wealthy Zionist family; German occupation for ten days in September 1939; Russian domination until June 1941; escape to Siberia and life there in 1941 and 1942; move to Bukhara and life there until 1944; use of family home as center for Zionist activity, especially for Hashomer HaTza’ir youth movement and other youth movements; participation in Bricha in 1945; attempt to reach Eretz Israel and exile to Cyprus in 1946; aliya to Israel in early 1949; absorption.

File Number : 13763

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bracha (Shenfeld) Feigenblum, born in Drohobycz, Poland in 1926, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Stalingrad and Uzbekistan

Testimony of Bracha (Shenfeld) Feigenblum, born in Drohobycz, Poland in 1926, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, Stalingrad and Uzbekistan German occupation of Drohobycz in September 1939; Soviet occupation; life under Soviet occupation until June 1941; escape to the Soviet Union in June 1941; escape to Stalingrad in February 1942; escape to Uzbekistan; life in Uzbekistan during 1942-1944; severely injured, and recuperation in 1943; search for and rescue of Jewish children in Lublin in 1945; escape over various borders in the context of the Bericha organization in 1946; aliya to Eretz Israel in April...

File Number : 13932

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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