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Testimony of Ariela Fulman Harkavi, born in Lodz, Poland, in 1924, regarding her experiences in the ‎Lodz and Warsaw Ghettos, her escape and living under a false identity

Testimony of Ariela Fulman Harkavi, born in Lodz, Poland, in 1924, regarding her experiences in the ‎Lodz and Warsaw Ghettos, her escape and living under a false identity Her childhood in a well-to-do secular family; attendance at a Polish school; antisemitism; ‎occupation by the Germans; her expulsion from secondary school due to “Numerus Clausus” ‎‎(Jewish quotas); torching of the synagogue; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto at the beginning of ‎‎1940; transfer to Warsaw; transfer to the Warsaw Ghetto; studies at the Florence Nightingale ‎School of Nursing in the ghetto; death of her father; life in the...

File Number : 13653

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alexander Shulz, born in Farkasd, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Farkasd, Budapest and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Alexander Shulz, born in Farkasd, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Farkasd, Budapest and Israel His childhood in a family of merchants. Hungarian Army annexation of Farkasd, 1938; life under Hungarian rule including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees and the theft of property; vocational studies; move to Budapest; draft to a labor camp; escape while using a false identity; stealing of food during the shelling of Budapest; liberation by the Red Army. Move back to Czechoslovakia; return of property; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ernestina Suza (Poper) Sovak, born in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding life in the Theresienstadt camp, 1942-1945

Testimony

Testimony of Ernestina Suza (Poper) Sovak, born in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding life in the Theresienstadt camp, 1942-1945

File Number : 13323

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachel Salomon née Hamburger, born in 1922 in Nijkerk, Netherlands, about her experiences in Nijkerk, the Vught camp, Auschwitz, Reichenbach, Langenbielau, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Salomon née Hamburger, born in 1922 in Nijkerk, Netherlands, about her experiences in Nijkerk, the Vught camp, Auschwitz, Reichenbach, Langenbielau, etc. Orthodox community; neighborly relations with non-Jews, German occupation ensues in May 1940; house and synagogue toppled by bombardments; anti-Jewish laws and restrictions; family butcher business liquidated; deportation thwarted due to mayor's intervention; connections with the Dutch resistance; reporting to the Vught camp in May 1942; gender separation; responsibility for childcare in the camp; parents and siblings deported to Sobibór...

File Number : 13357

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chava (Veis) Mordchovitz, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hlohovec, Soporna and Hungary

Testimony

Testimony of Chava (Veis) Mordchovitz, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hlohovec, Soporna and Hungary Outbreak of the war; unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939; move to Hlohovec; life in hiding, alternately in Hlohovec and Soporna; smuggled into Hungary with her brother, 1943; her brother is placed in an orphanage in Budapest; deportation of her brother to Auschwitz, and his murder; German occupation, March 1944; return to Czechoslovakia; identified by the Slovakian police commander; hidden in exchange for a promise to give testimony to his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lily (Hershkovitz) Shalev, born in Kalna, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Kalna, Budapest, the Levice Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Lily (Hershkovitz) Shalev, born in Kalna, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Kalna, Budapest, the Levice Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places Life before the war; Orthodox religious family. Re-annexation to Hungary; displays of antisemitism, 1939; closure of her father's businesses; deportation of her father to forced labor; appeal to the Jews' supervisor to release her father; receives knowledge from her uncles about the deportation of the Jews to the East; her father hides crates with their belongings in the ground and in the attic, 1942; escape to Budapest; life in...

File Number : 12997

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elieazer Virzberger, born in Sangeorgiul De Padure, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Sangeorgiul De Padure, Auschwitz and Kaufering

Testimony

Testimony of Elieazer Virzberger, born in Sangeorgiul De Padure, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Sangeorgiul De Padure, Auschwitz and Kaufering Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; re-annexation to Hungary; anti-Jewish restrictions; closure of businesses; expulsion from the school; transfer to the cultural center with his parents, May 1944; hiding of valuables in a pit; deportation to a brick factory; transfer to a field in the cattle market; life in the field in the cattle market; receives knowledge regarding the Jews' fate, and his disbelief; deportation to Auschwitz; camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zahava Zlata (Tzukerman) Strumza, born in Vilna, Poland, regarding her experiences as a child in Mogilev-Podolski, the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof camp, Kaiserwald camp and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zahava Zlata (Tzukerman) Strumza, born in Vilna, Poland, regarding her experiences as a child in Mogilev-Podolski, the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof camp, Kaiserwald camp and other places Life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1939; move by train to Mogilev-Podolski; life in Mogilev-Podolski; her father is the manager of a bakery; education; receives a license; move to Vilna, May 1941; German occupation, June 1941; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge and deportation of men to forced labor; her father hides the valuables; Lithuanian cooperation with the Germans; concentration in the...

File Number : 13346

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chana (Feder) Fridman, born in Parkan, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Levice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Lippstadt camp, Birkenau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Feder) Fridman, born in Parkan, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Levice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Lippstadt camp, Birkenau and other places Life before the war; membership in Maccabi Youth. Annexation to Hungary, 1938; education by nuns in Esztergom; counseling in the Gordonia movement; German occupation, 1944; concentration with the Jews in Parkan; deportation to the Levice Ghetto; hiding of valuables with non-Jewish neighbors; ghetto life; guarding of the ghetto by Hungarian gendarmes; deportation by train to Auschwitz; camp life including selection;...

File Number : 13044

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Polak, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Viseul De Sus Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Kittlitztreben camps

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Polak, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Viseul De Sus Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Kittlitztreben camps Life before the war; religious family with hardships; witness learns in a "heder" and attends the state school until 1940. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; transfer to forced labor paving a road; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Viseul De Sus Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz on a train; transfer to Kittlitztreben; camp life; transfer to forced labor; disabled due to receiving beatings; evacuation of the camp; transfer of the inmates...

File Number : 13107

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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