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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bina Madzar, born in Edineti , Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences in the Vertujeni Ghetto, the Yampo Ghetto, the Bershad Ghetto and wanderings from place to place

Testimony

Testimony of Bina Madzar, born in Edineti , Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences in the Vertujeni Ghetto, the Yampo Ghetto, the Bershad Ghetto and wanderings from place to place Traditional family; her father is a shoemaker. German occupation; deportation on foot to Odessa; transfer to the Vertujeni Ghetto; transfer to the Yampol Ghetto; transfer to the Bershad Ghetto; ghetto life and birth of her sister; death of three siblings during their wanderings; end of the war. Return to Edineti; death of her father, 1946; move of two of her siblings to foster families; begging and cleaning houses; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth (Goldfarb) Froimovitz, born in Radom, 1934, regarding her experiences as a young child in the Radom Ghetto, hidden by a Polish family, Pionki and Auschwitz-Birkenau camps

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Goldfarb) Froimovitz, born in Radom, 1934, regarding her experiences as a young child in the Radom Ghetto, hidden by a Polish family, Pionki and Auschwitz-Birkenau camps Life before the war. Entry of the Germans; deportation to the Radom Ghetto, April 1941; ghetto life; escape to a Polish family; life hidden by a Polish family; return to the ghetto; life in hiding in a workshop in the ghetto; deportation to Pionki camp, 1943; camp life; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944; life in the children's block in the camp; liberation. Rehabilitation in an orphanage and Jewish institutions...

File Number : 9386

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Kivak, born in Lodz, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Kivak, born in Lodz, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen and other places Life before the war. Entry of the Germans; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944; camp life, including learning the construction trade; transfer to Sachsenhausen; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Guenskirchen; transfer to Lieberhausen; liberation by the US Army, 04 May 1945. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 07 November 1945.

File Number : 9385

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Malvina Perlman, born in Krakow, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisskirchen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Malvina Perlman, born in Krakow, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisskirchen camps German occupation, September 1939; life under German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, March 1941; ghetto life including forced labor in an Optima factory; deals in illegal trade using a false identity on the Aryan side; murder of her father; deportation to Plaszow, summer 1941; camp life including forced labor in a laundry for the German Army and labor smashing headstones in the Jewish cemetery; injured in the course of the labor;...

File Number : 9279

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Collective testimony of Sender Zlotnik, born in Vilkaviskis and the Lithuanians Mikulis, Elena Volkoviene and Ursula Urbanaityte, regarding the experiences of the Jews in Vilkaviskis

Collective testimony of Sender Zlotnik, born in Vilkaviskis and the Lithuanians Mikulis, Elena Volkoviene and Ursula Urbanaityte, regarding the experiences of the Jews in Vilkaviskis German occupation, 23 June 1941; establishment of a local authority by Lithuanians; restrictions on the Jews, concentration of men in a camp; murder of the men, 28 July 1941; deportation of Jews to forced labor; abuse of Jews; looting of property; concentration of the women and children in a camp; murder of the women and children, 24 September 1941; murder of young Jewish women by the Lithuanian policeman Raints; murder of young...

File Number : 160

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Jónás Friedmann, born in Iloncza, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Beregszász Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Rensdorf and Theresienstadt camps

Testimony of Jónás Friedmann, born in Iloncza, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Beregszász Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Rensdorf and Theresienstadt camps Life in the Beregszász Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection; camp life; labor in construction next to the crematorium; mistreatment; receiving many beatings; receives small amounts of nourishment; terrible living conditions; description of the removal of approximately 500 corpses of the murdered from the gas chambers, in the span of one hour; transfer to Buchenwald after two months, to the children's...

File Number : 1669

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian