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Testimony of Chaja (Rogowski) Atlas, born in Radun, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Radun Ghetto and while hiding in the area

Testimony

Testimony of Chaja (Rogowski) Atlas, born in Radun, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Radun Ghetto and while hiding in the area From a well-to-do family; her father is a well-known philanthropist who owns properties and a dormitory for yeshiva students; Jewish life in a town that was famous because of the "Chafetz Chaim" Rabbi. Harsh economic blow to the family's livelihood during Soviet rule; fear of deportation to Siberia as "capitalists"; the family's move to Vilna; return to Radun with the entry of the Germans, 1941; deportation to the ghetto together with her mother and the rest of the children...

File Number : 11377

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lev Berco, born in Iasi, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Iasi

Testimony

Testimony of Lev Berco, born in Iasi, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Iasi His family and economic situation. His father is accused of attempt to murder a policeman; his father's trial and death sentence; escape of his father who then hides until the end of the war; move of the witness, his mother and siblings to a Jewish neighborhood in Iasi due to displays of antisemitism; difficulties to earn a livelihood; labor in a flour mill, selling cigarettes, begging, and stealing food; life in the shadow of horror and murders by Romanian legionnaires; hearsay testimony regarding the mass murder of...

File Number : 9005

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Golda (Kolesnicki) Gordonowicz, born in Vilna, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kivioli, Vaivara and Stutthof

Testimony

Testimony of Golda (Kolesnicki) Gordonowicz, born in Vilna, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Kivioli, Vaivara and Stutthof German occupation, June 1941; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; deportation to Kivioli; transfer to Vaivara; transfer to Stutthof; evacuation via the sea; liberation, 1945.

File Number : 3083

Type of Material : Testimony, Poems/songs

Language : Yiddish

Letters, postcards and various documents related to members of the Lauber and Fink families, from Austria, Germany, England and Eretz Israel, 1916-1947

Letters, postcards and various documents related to members of the Lauber and Fink families, from Austria, Germany, England and Eretz Israel, 1916-1947 Letter sent to Alfred Berger in Jerusalem by Baeck, a member of the Freemasons in Berlin, 09/05/1935; letter sent by a member of the Freemasons in Berlin to Freemason Judge Schindler in Berlin on 17/07/1935, regarding a request for help for the young couple Peter Fink and his wife who are supposed to be moving to the British Mandate for Palestine using certificates; appeal to Mr. Eisenmann on 16/09/1935, regarding the invitation of the pianist Sabine Lauber...

File Number : 3265

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Administrative Documentation, Notebook, Passport, Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Newspaper, Diary

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German