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Testimony of Pnina Pearl (Wolf) Schachter, born in Seletin, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in Radauti, Transnistria, Mogilev, the Tropovoye Ghetto and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Pearl (Wolf) Schachter, born in Seletin, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in Radauti, Transnistria, Mogilev, the Tropovoye Ghetto and other places Life under Soviet occupation, 1940; life under Romanian occupation, 1941; move to Radauti; move back, 1941; deportation to Transnistria via Bessarabia; acts of harassment and riots by Ukrainians in Edineti, 1941; life in Mogilev; deportation of her father to forced labor; return of her father; transfer to Tropovoye, 1942; death of her mother due to typhus disease; death of her brother due to typhus disease; death of her sister due to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mendel Zhepka, born in Kosow Lacki, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kosow Lacki

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Testimony of Mendel Zhepka, born in Kosow Lacki, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kosow Lacki Life before the war; religious family; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; unsuccessful escape attempt to the East; help of the Jewish community to refugees from the Kalisz area; life in the Judenrat as the youth representative; work in the family bakery; "Aktion" and unsuccessful attempt to rescue the family on Yom Kippur, 1942; deportation of the family to Treblinka; approach of the front; escape from a firing squad, summer 1944; draft to the Polish Army(?); end of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Milo Katz, born in Darmanesti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Targu Ocna and Bacau

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Milo Katz, born in Darmanesti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Targu Ocna and Bacau Life before the war; from a traditional family; escape to Targu Ocna following anti-semitic threats to the family, 1936. Deportation to Bacau, 1942; life in Bacau including receiving assistance from the Jewish community; residence in the synagogue; residence in a rented hut; liberation, June, 1944. Illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, December 1947; detention in Cyprus, aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zipora Dak, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1914, regarding her experiences in Kosice Mesto and Bratislava during the war

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Testimony of Zipora Dak, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1914, regarding her experiences in Kosice Mesto and Bratislava during the war Her childhood and family background in Kosice Mesto; attends the Neolog school and a Czech school; religious holidays; membership in the Zionist club; work as a teacher in the Hungarian school; move to Budapest and work in an orphanage; return to Kosice Mesto; confiscations. Hungarian occupation and the change in the economic situation; registration of the Jews' names; escape to Bratislava; life in Bratislava; memories of Gisi Fleischmann; witness' husband is active...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Hirsh Ksienski, born in Jedrzejow, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Jedrzejow, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, service in the British Army in Greece and in German captivity in Stalag 6 camp Life before the war; meets Menachem Begin; payment of bribery to Poles; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet, 1939. Enlists in the British Army, 1940; life during service in the British Army in Greece including being taken captive, 1941; life in Germany in Stalag 6 camp; transfer on a death march; liberation, February 1945. Return to Eretz Israel, 1945.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Cynamon, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Koprzywnica, Skarzysko Kamienna and Czestochowa

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Testimony of Mordechai Cynamon, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Koprzywnica, Skarzysko Kamienna and Czestochowa Religious family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; move to Warsaw with his family, late 1940; deportation to forced labor; wanderings until Koprzywnica, 1941; labor in a quarry and digging drainage ditches; detention and transfer to Skarzysko Kamienna; camp life; transfer to Czestochowa on Yom Kippur (September), 1944; escape from a group intended for transfer to Germany; camp life while using a false name; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945. Return to Lodz; departs...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bluma (Feigelson) Rozenbush, born in Vilna, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald camp, Stutthof camp and Bromberg camp

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Testimony of Bluma (Feigelson) Rozenbush, born in Vilna, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald camp, Stutthof camp and Bromberg camp Life before the war; well-to-do traditional family. Soviet occupation, 1939; confiscation of the store; German occupation, 1941; deportation and murder of the men in Ponary; yellow badge; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; ghetto life; selection and liquidation of the ghetto, 1943; deportation on a cattle train to Riga, 1943; life in Kaiserwald camp, winter 1943; labor in a weaving factory; "Aktion"; deportation and murder of her father in a...

File Number : 13179

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Etka (Kaplinsky) Liberman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Unterluess

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Testimony of Etka (Kaplinsky) Liberman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Unterluess Life before the war; Orthodox family; attends a Jewish girls school. German occupation, September 1939; yellow badge; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto and escape of her younger brother; ghetto life including labor in a vegetable garden; work in the "Resort", workshop sewing coats for the German Army; work of her father in a boys school; her mother and father have become weak; death of her father from starvation, August 1942; death of her mother from...

File Number : 13089

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aleksander Orlender Orli, born in Zolkiew, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences in Zolkiew, the Zolkiew Ghetto and in hiding

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Testimony of Aleksander Orlender Orli, born in Zolkiew, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences in Zolkiew, the Zolkiew Ghetto and in hiding His childhood in Zolkiew. Outbreak of the war; his family gives shelter in their home to refugees; death of his father in Tarnopol; first "Aktion", late 1942; deportation to the Zolkiew Ghetto together with his mother and sister; murder of his mother on the street; move of the children to a bunker by their relatives; life in hiding for 18 months; liberation by the Red Army, July 1944. Move to Poland, 1945; move to Germany and France; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz...

File Number : 8835

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arieh Grinheim, born in Kock, Poland in 1928, regarding his experiences in Kock, in the Bialystok area, in a camp in the Syktyvkar area and in Krasnodar

Testimony

Testimony of Arieh Grinheim, born in Kock, Poland in 1928, regarding his experiences in Kock, in the Bialystok area, in a camp in the Syktyvkar area and in Krasnodar Childhood in Kock; displays of antisemitism; Zionist activities; German occupation, September 1939; acts of abuse against the hasidim of the Kotzk Rebbe; escape to the Soviet occupied area; life in the Bialystok area; displays of antisemitism; deportation to Komi ASSR, several months later; life in a Soviet camp in the Syktyvkar area, including hunger and cold; release from the camp, 1942; transfer to Krasnodar; life in Krasnodar; end of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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