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Testimony of Henia Fania (Maringer) Mager, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, Bialystok, Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk

Testimony

Testimony of Henia Fania (Maringer) Mager, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, Bialystok, Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk Life in Warsaw before the war; religious family; displays of antisemitism; boycott of Jewish stores. Outbreak of the war, 1939; air-raids on Warsaw; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; Warsaw Ghetto life including details about children's games; typhus disease; escape through the sewers; difficulty crossing the border into the Soviet Union; capture of her mother and her mother's disappearance; escape to Bialystok; life in Bialystok...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Demb, born in Ostrog, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Demb, born in Ostrog, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union From a traditional family; witness's parents are farmers. Outbreak of the war; family escape to the Soviet Union; life in the Soviet Union. Return to Poland with help from the JDC, 1945; life in a refugee camp; move to Bari; aliya attempt on the ship, "Mordei Hagetaot", detention in Cyprus, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Natan Kaufman, born in Sochaczew, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Bialystok, Bransk, Sovkhoz 12 and Kolbuszowa

Testimony

Testimony of Natan Kaufman, born in Sochaczew, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Bialystok, Bransk, Sovkhoz 12 and Kolbuszowa From a family of Gur hasidim; learns in a "heder"; work in the family shop. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to Bialystok; escape to Bransk; transfer to Sovkhoz 12; transfer to Kolbuszowa; marriage. Return to Poland, 1946; life in Stettin; aliya to Israel, 1950; work for Solel Boneh.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Naftali Greber Gilam, born in Sanok, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Novosibirsk

Testimony

Testimony of Naftali Greber Gilam, born in Sanok, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Novosibirsk Religious education from his grandfather's home; learns in the "heder" of the Dynow rabbi. German occupation; escape to the Soviet Union; deportation with his grandparents to Novosibirsk; injury and hospitalization; deaths of his grandparents; labor in a convalescent hospital for those injured during the war; end of the war. Return to Poland; move to the Silesia area; joins Dror; help to Bericha; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Rubashov, born in Mir, Poland, 1895, regarding his experiences in Leningrad during the siege

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Rubashov, born in Mir, Poland, 1895, regarding his experiences in Leningrad during the siege Life in Leningrad during the German Army siege; work as a physician; end of the war. Life in Moscow including prayers in the synagogue on the occasion of the establishment of the State of Israel; in detention along with other Jews, after the prayers; exile to Potma on the charge of membership in a Zionist organization; camp life including underground activities against the authorities; life with Jews; sentenced to 10 years in prison; labor as a physician; endures lashes from a young person...

File Number : 3328

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 985

Language : Yiddish

Letters sent by Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union to Moshe Ischai in Jerusalem, 14 September 1944-01 March 1945; overview of the antisemitism in the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, and the situation of Jewish refugees in the Soviet Union - Letters from people in the Soviet Union to Moshe Ischai in Jerusalem containing information regarding the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union and the assistance they need in order to leave the Soviet Union; - Overview of the enlistment process of Jews into the Polish Army being established within the area of the Soviet Union, February 1942, and the...

File Number : 17

Type of Material : Letter, Survey Report, Reports

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Testimony of Michael Berzhanski, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Red Army and being taken captive by the Germans

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Berzhanski, born in Kishinev, Romania, 1911, regarding his experiences in the Red Army and being taken captive by the Germans Military service in the Red Army; witness is taken captive by the Germans; life in captivity as a non-Jew; liberation, November 1945. Hostile attitude of the Soviet authorities towards those released from POW camps

File Number : 3899

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Ana (Dorf) Bloch, born in Kherson, Ukraine, 1919, regarding her experiences in Rostov and her uncle Boris Schaghin's experiences in Stalinabad

Testimony

Testimony of Ana (Dorf) Bloch, born in Kherson, Ukraine, 1919, regarding her experiences in Rostov and her uncle Boris Schaghin's experiences in Stalinabad Her parents are tradespeople; attends school; move to Kharkov; attends a teachers training college. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; deportation to Stalinabad; meeting with her mother's brother Boris Schaghin who had been evacuated from Rostov; return of her uncle to his home on the liberation of the town by the Red Army, November 1941; evacuation again of her uncle during the German re-occupation, summer 1942; her uncle joins...

File Number : 3146

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

To be translated

Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

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