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Testimony of Yoel Ben Zion Liber, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Yoel Ben Zion Liber, born in Lodz, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and other camps Lodz Ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; camp life in additional camps.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chava (Frid) Steiner, born in Viseul De Mijloc, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and additional camps

Testimony

Testimony of Chava (Frid) Steiner, born in Viseul De Mijloc, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and additional camps

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Sztajnhorn) Bronsztajn, born in Lodz, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Rozprza, the Piotrkow Ghetto, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Sztajnhorn) Bronsztajn, born in Lodz, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Rozprza, the Piotrkow Ghetto, Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen Life before the war; well-to-do, Zionist family; move to Piotrkow; life in Piotrkow. German occupation, 1939; confiscation of valuables; leaves her family's home because the home is on streets where Jews are banned to live; transfer to Rozprza because of the Germans' need for her father; receives knowledge regarding the deportation of the Jews of Piotrkow; 1942; concentration of the Jews in a square; escape with her mother and brother...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Chana (Rozental) Shvartz, born in Nyirabrany, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, on a farm, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Markkleeberg

Testimony

Testimony of Eva Chana (Rozental) Shvartz, born in Nyirabrany, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, on a farm, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Markkleeberg Life before the war; relations with the non-Jewish neighbors. Outbreak of the war, 1939; life under Hungarian fascists rule; decrees and restrictions on the Jews including ban on study in school; deportation of Jews without Hungarian citizenship to the border; death of the deportees; learns dressmaking in a nearby town, 1943; deportation to the Nyiregyhaza Ghetto, Pesach (08 April) 1944; ghetto life; disappearance of her...

File Number : 12882

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Ludwik Libovitz, born in Kralovo, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau and Muehldorf Waldlager

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Lurwik Libovitz, born in Kralovo, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Chust Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Dachau and Muehldorf Waldlager Life before the war; relations with the non-Jewish population. Outbreak of the war, 1939; annexation to Hungary; decrees and restrictions; deportation of converts; ban on studies in schools; draft of his father to a labor camp, 1941; deportation of youths above the age of 18 to labor on the Russian front; deportation to the Chust Ghetto, April 1944; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Warsaw; camp life including labor...

File Number : 12839

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shalom Weiss, born in Békéscsaba, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in Békéscsaba, Ópályi, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Trzebinia and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Shalom Weiss, born in Békéscsaba, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in Békéscsaba, Ópályi, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Trzebinia and Bergen-Belsen Childhood in Békéscsaba; religious family; studies in a 'room'; studies at a yeshiva in Ópályi for a year, 1943; the Law on the enlistment of Jews for forced labor; enlistment of his father and eldest brother into labor troops, father from 1942, and brother in 1944; arrival of many Jewish refugees in the town. German occupation, March 1944; stigma; arrest and deportation by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau; tattoo number on the hand; entrance to a gypsy...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordeai Stefan Herskovits, born in Oradea, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz, Gdow and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Mordeai Stefan Herskovits, born in Oradea, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz, Gdow and other places Life before the war; his father is the head of the Jewish community in Borod; family move to Bratca. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; deportation to the Oradea Ghetto, March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944; transfer to Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Auschwitz with his father; transfer to Buna-Monowitz; camp life including labor in a factory that processes crude oil products; escape to Gdow; escape to Nowy Sacz;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachela Grunis, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Freiburg in Schlesien and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Rachela Grunis, born in Lodz, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Freiburg in Schlesien and Mauthausen Life before the war. At a convalescent home with the outbreak of the war; illness and hospitalization in Radogoszcz; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in the soup kitchen; deportation to Auschwitz via the Czerniejewo transit camp; transfer to Freiburg in Schlesien; camp life; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to the Gypsy Camp on foot; liberation by the US Army. Return to Lodz; murder of Jews by Poles; immigration to the west...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony

Joint testimony of Pnina (Zoldan) Szabo, born in Gimes, 1924, and Lily (Zoldan) Freund, born in Gimes, 1926, regarding their experiences in Gimes, Maramures, Auschwitz and in a labor camp in Upper Silesia Family with five children. Deportation of family to Maramures; living in one room; forced labor on roads by father and two brothers; establishment of ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; selection; parents sent to gas chambers; the sisters pass selection; Gypsy camp in Birkenau; transfer to Lager C with 32,000 women; camp life; labor camp near Breslau; labor in Krupp weapons factory with 200 young...

File Number : 11257

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Ilovitz, born in Dubova, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in labor camps in Czechoslovakia and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Ilovitz, born in Dubova, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in labor camps in Czechoslovakia and Auschwitz Religious family with nine children; his father owns a store for iron products; attends a local school; learns in a "heder" and a yeshiva. Deportation to a labor camp in Kassa and Bihor Lispik, October 1942; labor laying railroad tracks; labor building an airfield; transfer to the Teco Ghetto, April 1944; deportation of all the families to Auschwitz; transfer of his father and two brothers to Block 15 of the Gypsy Lager, Camp A; transfer to Routscureig camp; transfer to...

File Number : 11132

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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