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Testimony of Malka Musia Kaplan née Lachterman, born in 1936 in Briceni, Romania, about her experiences as a girl in Briceni, in the Mogilev Podolski and Verejeni ghettos, and in the Obodovka camp

Testimony

Testimony of Malka Musia Kaplan née Lachterman, born in 1936 in Briceni, Romania, about her experiences as a girl in Briceni, in the Mogilev Podolski and Verejeni ghettos, and in the Obodovka camp Father dispossessed of his shop; German occupation of Briceni ensues in July 1941; led out on a death march; crossing the Dniester River and deportation to the Mogilev Podolski ghetto; people divided up and deportation to the Verejeni ghetto; life in the ghetto; relocated in October 1941; crossing back over the Dniester River to Ukraine; transfer to the Obodovka camp; escape to a farming area by paying a bribe;...

File Number : 13433

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gyorgy Lowy, born in Csanadpalota, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Szeged Ghetto, Strasshof, Mannersdorf, Bergen-Belsen, Hillersleben and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Gyorgy Lowy, born in Csanadpalota, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Szeged Ghetto, Strasshof, Mannersdorf, Bergen-Belsen, Hillersleben and other places Szeged Ghetto life; transfer to Strasshof; camp life; transfer to Mannersdorf; camp life; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; camp life; transfer to Hillersleben; camp life.

File Number : 13354

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Mizel, born in Trostyanets, Ukraine, 1931, regarding his experiences in the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Mizel, born in Trostyanets, Ukraine, 1931, regarding his experiences in the Bershad Ghetto Deportation to the Bershad Ghetto; ghetto life including hunger, cold and disease; survival in every day life. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 30 August 2000.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Shmuel Weis, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Kaufering camp and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Weis, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Kaufering camp and other camps

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Szames, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto and in hiding in a forest From a well-to-do family; attends a Tarbut school; Bnei Akiva and Bnei Yehuda activities. Outbreak of the war; occupation by the Red Army; limitations on Jewish property; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Ludwipol Ghetto; Judenrat; preparation of a hiding place in a cellar; "Aktion"; liquidation of the ghetto; murder of his father and mother; escape to a forest and preparation of a bunker (for approximately 11 people) in the forest; obtaining food from villagers...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Varda Rosa (Kaufman) Krausz, born in Csenger, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Csenger Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Varda Rosa (Kaufman) Krausz, born in Csenger, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Csenger Ghetto, Plaszow, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; attends an Evangelist high school; studies in Budapest, 1937. German occupation, 1944; termination of studies; escape to her family's home; yellow badge; confiscation of land; confiscation of property and valuables; hiding of property; ban on contact with non-Jewish neighbors; deportation to the Csenger Ghetto; Csenger Ghetto life in the home of a family member; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Plaszow...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avram Balus, born in Darabani, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Darabani, Targu Jiu, Logos, Dorohoi and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Avram Balus, born in Darabani, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Darabani, Targu Jiu, Logos, Dorohoi and other places Life before the war; from a well-to-do traditional family; attends a local school and learns in a "heder". German occupation, summer 1941; expulsion from school; restrictions on Jews including travel restrictions; yellow badge; deportation to Targu Jiu, summer 1941; camp life including separation of men from women and children; separation from his father; transfer with the women and children to Logos; life in Logos including living quarters in a school...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hanah (Rand) Gur, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transylvania and Mogilev camp

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Testimony of Hanah (Rand) Gur, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transylvania and Mogilev camp Life in an Orthodox, religious family, supporters of art (theater, music); activities in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement; witness learns in a 'heder" and attends a Romanian school. Move to Vatra Dornei at the outbreak of the war; displays of antisemitism; decrees; yellow badge decree; deportation to Transylvania, October 1941; theft of Jewish homes by neighbors; hardships en route; crosses the Dniester River; entry into Mogilev camp; camp life; overcrowding,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Gabor Havas, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Muehldorf

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Gabor Havas, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Muehldorf Life in Debrecen before the war; from a well-to-do secular family; attends a Jewish Neolog school; attends the Jewish high school and a vocational school. German occupation, 19 March 1944; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto, April 1944; ghetto life including work as a welder in SS headquarters; deportation to a roof tile factory; life in the roof tile factory including removing the dead after a US Army Air Forces air-raid; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mika Miriam Mania Marisa (Storozum) Yaron, born in Lodz, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Lodz Ghetto, Rowne, Uzbekistan, a kolkhoz and Karshi

Testimony of Mika Miriam Mania Marisa (Storozum) Yaron, born in Lodz, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Lodz Ghetto, Rowne, Uzbekistan, a kolkhoz and Karshi Life before the war; secular family; draft of her father into the Polish Army. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 1939; her father is taken captive by the Red Army; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; Lodz Ghetto life; escape to Rowne in a cart and by trains; life in Rowne under Soviet occupation; retreat of the Red Army, 1941; her family joins a Soviet Army convoy in retreat; expulsion from the military convoy in the Soviet...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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