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Testimony of Yitzchak Isak Yakubovitz, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vilna, the Vilna Ghetto and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzchak Isak Yakubovitz, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vilna, the Vilna Ghetto and in hiding Life in Vilna with his family including attending the "Torat Emet" school; [description of] the great synagogue. Life under Soviet occupation; life under German occupation; deportation of the Jews to the Vilna Ghetto; Vilna Ghetto life including "Aktions", the imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions, decree regarding wearing a yellow badge, overcrowding and the smuggle of food into the ghetto; murder of his father in Ponary; liquidation of the ghetto; escape to a village...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 2403

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

זכרונות מתקופת מלחמת העולם השנייה שכתב חיים זאב הירשברג, יליד 1903 ב-Tarnopol, פולין, מהשנים 1939-1942

Memoirs of Haim Zeev Hirshberg (b. 1903 in Tarnopol, Poland) covering the years 1939–1942 Preface: Life in Częstochowa starting from August 22, 1939, when the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the USSR and Germany was signed; moving to Zlotschev on September 1, 1939, where the memoirist's wife, son, and in-laws lived; Chapter 1, "In Eastern Poland, the Last Days of the War": The Jews' lives in Zlotschev—refugees reach Zlotschev; a visit to Lwów—receiving information in Lwów about German persecution of Jews in Poland in places not occupied by the Soviets; activity of the German-Soviet committee in Lwów in...

File Number : 9783

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 9433

Type of Material : Diary

Language : English, Yiddish

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File Number : 9274

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Holocaust survivor Miriam (Shor) Powimonski, a resident of Vilna, 1941-1944

Memoirs of Holocaust survivor Miriam (Shor) Powimonski, a resident of Vilna, 1941-1944 Early days of the occupation of Vilna by the Germans, when the witness was 15 years old, 1941; anti-Jewish decrees; preparation of a hiding place in the family home; forced labor at the Kailis (fur) labor camp; "Aktion" against children, including her younger brother Aharon; escape en route to her labor; hiding in various places with help from Christians; liberation by the Red Army, 1944.

File Number : 9062

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Yiddish

Text of interview with Zelda Genya Gurevitz (Jardena Iagoda Yardeni), born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1929, regarding her experiences and her family's experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and in Kaiserwald and Stutthof camps Her parents own a furniture shop; she attends a Jewish school; Her sister escapes to the Soviet Union, 1939; German occupation; anti-Jewish legislation; murder of the Jews of Vilna, in Ponary; deportation of the Jews of Vilna to the Vilna Ghetto, 1941; liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto; deportation of her family members to Kaiserwald camp; transfer to Stutthof camp along with her mother; meets...

File Number : 8794

Type of Material : Letter, Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew