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Testimony of Chaim Grisario, born in Darabani, Romania, 1936, regarding the deportation to Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Grisario, born in Darabani, Romania, 1936, regarding the deportation to Transnistria Family background; his father is a tailor, his mother is a seamstress and housewife; studies in a "room". The outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; deportation, June 1941; walking and getting to the village; food shortages; deportation by cattle train; reaching and crossing the Dniester River; arrival in Atachi; continue driving; arrival in Mogilev Podolskiy; transfer to Ozarnitsa; stay at the place for a few months; living conditions; deportation to the Mogilev ghetto; stay in a children's home;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Postcard from Rabbi Zvi Guttman, the sole survivor of the mass murder in Bucharest, 22 January 1941, to Sara Deskel in Israel, in which he testifies regarding the murder of her husband Shabtai Deskel

Postcard from Rabbi Zvi Guttman, the sole survivor of the mass murder in Bucharest, 22 January 1941, to Sara Deskel in Israel, in which he testifies regarding the murder of her husband Shabtai Deskel Also in the file: - Experiences of Shabtai Deskel, including the circumstances of his murder as written by his granddaughter, Razia Adam; Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Shabtai Deskel, born 1888 in Bessarabia, Romania: Murder of Shabtai along with 69 Jewish men who went to the synagogue in Bucharest to pray, 22 January 1941; transfer of 70 men by truck from the...

File Number : 1961

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Documentary

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Batia (Blima) (Rozentzveig) Kahana, born in 1931 in Iasi, Moldova-Romania, about life in Iasi, persecution of Jews, and the pogrom in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Batia (Blima) (Rozentzveig) Kahana, born in 1931 in Iasi, Moldovia-Romania, about life in Iasi, persecution of Jews, and the pogrom in Iasi Childhood in Iasi; family life; persecution of Jews and antisemitism before the Holocaust; the pogrom in Iasi; activity in the Dror Habonim movement; immigration to Israel in 1948

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mikhael Fridman, born in Vaslui, Romania, in 1924, regarding his experiences in Vaslui and in the Doaga camp.

Testimony of Mikhael Fridman,born in Vaslui, Romania in 1924,regarding his experiences in Vaslui and in the Doaga camp He was born into a traditional family in Vaslui; attending a Romanian elementary school; he helps supporting the family; anti-Semitism before the war; imposing restrictions on the Jews; transfer to forced labour; escape; arrest and enduring the punishment of 25 lashes; forced labour in the extraction of sugar beets from farmers in the area; deportation to Doaga; life in the camp; working in digging tranches against tanks; liberation by the red army in 1944; smuggling the borders to Austria and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Moshe Zeev Gelbert, born in Ilisesti, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences in Transnistria, Ataki, Mogilev and Katsmazov

Memoirs of Moshe Zeev Gelbert, born in Ilisesti, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences in Transnistria, Ataki, Mogilev and Katsmazov Anti-Jewish legislation, 1941; deportation to Transnistria; order to remove jewelry and hand it over to Romanian soldiers in Burdujeni; arrival in Ataki; assembly of Jews in the synagogue; finding a sign on the wall written in blood, reading, "Jews were murdered in this place. You Jews passing by here, please say Kaddish"; murder of Jews by the Romanian gendarmerie; destruction of the certificates [of the murdered?] so that they could not be identified; arrival in Mogilev on...

File Number : 8497

Type of Material : Red Cross Letter, Memoirs, List of Deportees

Language : Hebrew, Romanian

Joint testimony of siblings, Menachem Mendel Donenfeld, born in Iordanesti, Romania in 1931, and Bracha Beti (Donenfeld) Klein, born in Iordanesti in 1932, regarding their experiences in Iordanesti, on marches in the Transnistria area and in the Crasna Ghetto Life before the war; Deportation to the Transnistria area, summer 1941; transfer on death marches to the Crasna Ghetto; Crasna Ghetto life; liberation; Aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Calman Pollack, born in Vatra Dornei, Romania in 1921, regarding his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski, Bershad and Shargorod Ghettos and in Trikhaty camp

Testimony of Calman Pollack, born in Vatra Dornei, Romania in 1921, regarding his experiences in the Mogilev Podolski, Bershad and Shargorod Ghettos and in Trikhaty camp Life in Vatra Dornei as a child, with his family members; Deportation to the Transnistria area; deportation to the Mogilev Podolski, Bershad and Shargorod Ghettos; deportation to Trikhaty camp; Aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Affidavits provided by the residents of the Kopaygorod Ghetto regarding the activity of Fabius Orenstein, Head of the Jewish Committee in Kopaygorod, 1941-1944, who rescued Jews including the writers of the affidavits Writing the affidavits in Bucharest, May-April 1957; Persons submitting the affidavits: - Etka Schmidt; - Willy Postelnik; - Ana Goldenblum; - Ana Safir; - Benjamin Schneider; - Simon Chon; - Rita Moisescu; - Marta Feig; - Leo Gewurz; - Simha Feldmann; - Pavel Pavlovici; - Leon Silberstein; - Samuel Spiegelblatt; - Zoltan Meier; - Aron Pisam; -...

File Number : 8473

Type of Material : Declaration, Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : Romanian, Russian, German, Yiddish

Memoirs of Baruch Kornblum, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, 1941 - 1944

Memoirs of Baruch Kornblum, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, 1941 - 1944 Life in Cernauti; receives a travel permit in the city to travel to his father from his place of work for shopping, September 1941.

File Number : 8305

Type of Material : Memoirs, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Romanian

Memoirs of survivors who were in the Bar Ghetto, the Bershad Ghetto, the Rybnitsa Ghetto, the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto, the Ananyev camp, the Pechera camp and other places

Memoirs of survivors who were in the Bar Ghetto, the Bershad Ghetto, the Rybnitsa Ghetto, the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto, the Ananyev camp, the Pechera camp and other places 1. Memoirs of Arkadiy Kupershtok, born in 1936, regarding his experiences in the Rybnitsa Ghetto with his family, 24 August 1941-30 March 1944; 2. Memoirs of Raisa Charnaya Donskaya, born in 1926, regarding her experiences in the Bershad Ghetto; 3. Memoirs of Raisa Gleizer, born in 1929, regarding her experiences before the war in Skulyany, the German occupation, deportation to the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto with her family and...

File Number : 8299

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

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