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Testimony of Zvi Herman Ludvig Steiner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Hlohovec, Topolcany, in hiding, in Banska Bystrica and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Herman Ludvig Steiner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Hlohovec, Topolcany, in hiding, in Banska Bystrica and other places His childhood in Bratislava; displays of antisemitism, 1938. [Arrival of] Jewish refugees from Austria; his family's unsuccessful attempts to leave the country under Slovakian protection; decree regarding wearing a yellow badge, 1941; marking of Jewish homes; Aryanization of the family's book shop; closure of the Jewish school; deportation of his father to Auschwitz, summer 1942; escape with his mother and siblings;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Brichta, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in prison and as a member of the Jewish underground in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Brichta, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in prison and as a member of the Jewish underground in Budapest His childhood. Persecution of the Jews from the late 1930s; eviction of his family from their home, 1940; transfer to the Jewish Quarter; pogroms in the Jewish Quarter; fear of members of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler youth); arranging of Jewish protection for the Jewish Quarter; Nazi propaganda; Aryanization; yellow badge; ban on entry into public places; community support for the refugees; travel restrictions; abuse of those with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzchak Aldor Gerhard, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in hiding in a factory in Bratislava

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzchak Aldor Gerhard, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in hiding in a factory in Bratislava Childhood in the city in an established Zionist family. Persecution, from October 1938; antisemitism on the streets; caring for Polish refugees by the community; taking away his father's business license, 1941; yellow badge; confiscation of property; violence perpetrated by Slovak policemen and Hitler-Jugend; prohibition on entering public places; anti-Jewish propaganda; his father's assistance to those deported to provincial towns; deportation of his brother to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 1040

Type of Material : List of Collaborators

Language : Russian

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Eran Oren Ehrenstain, born in Topolcany, Czechloslavokia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, a camp in Novaky, Banska Bystrica, in hiding in Haniska and more Life before the war. Anti-Jewish legislation, 1941; yellow badge; deportation of his brother to Auschwitz, spring 1942; exemption from expulsion due to his father's receiving an "Essential [for the Economy] Worker" certificate, summer of 1942; postcards from Auschwitz; decision to escape to Novaky, autumn 1942; -escape with the famly and slipping into a camp; camp life; deportation of Jews to Poland;...

File Number : 13319

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Paul Pavel Hochfelder, born in Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Zilina, Nitra, in hiding in Kalnica, in forests and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Paul Pavel Hochfelder, born in Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Zilina, Nitra, in hiding in Kalnica, in forests and in other places Life before the war; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement and the Maccabi movement. Persecution of the Jews, 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; expulsion from the high school; attends a Jewish high school; wears a yellow badge; deportation of his sister to Auschwitz, March 1942; smuggling of food to Jewish deportees who are located beneath a railroad station, May-June 1942; receives a permit to remain in Zilina due to his father's...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak (Izidor) Guttman, born in 1920 in Svaty Jur, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Svaty Jur, Sered, the forests during his service with the partisans, and service with the Czech Brigade Childhood in Svaty Jur: Slovakia becomes a German vassal state in March 1939; Nazi propaganda; anti-Jewish legislation; movement restrictions; desecration of synagogue by Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) activists; father deported to a labor camp in 1940; receiving assistance from a German acquaintance; inducted into a Jewish company in the Slovakian Army, March 1941; serice in Humenne; sent to forced...

File Number : 13482

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea Magda (Lustig) Yaakovi, born in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Banska Bystrica, in hiding in Piestany and a bunker in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Lea Magda (Lustig) Yaakovi, born in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Banska Bystrica, in hiding in Piestany and a bunker in a forest Life in Banska Bystrica before the war; rise to power of the Hlinka Slovak People's party, 14 March 1939; throwing of rocks at Jewish shops by Hlinka Guardsmen; escape of Jews to Hungary; ban on possession of radios, telephones, record players and sports equipment from 1940; yellow badge, 1941; expulsion of Jewish teachers and students from schools; expanding of the Jewish school and absorption of Jewish children and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Ivan Karshai, born in Tisovec, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in hiding in Banska Stiavnica and Sajba

Testimony

Testimony of Reuven Ivan Karshai, born in Tisovec, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in hiding in Banska Stiavnica and Sajba Traditional family; move of the family to Bratislava; education. German occupation; decrees including anti-Jewish legislation and the yellow badge; deportation of his father to Auschwitz, where he perished; escape to Banska Stiavnica; life in hiding in a Slovakian teacher's home; the Slovak National Uprising, 1944; in hiding in hills and forests next to partisan units; escape to Sajba; life in hiding with a Slovakian family; massacre in Kremnica and...

File Number : 12826

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Janek Eugen Jakubovic, born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Michalovce, using a false identity in Bratislava, Sachsenhausen and Oranienburg

Testimony

Testimony of Janek Eugen Jakubovic, born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Michalovce, using a false identity in Bratislava, Sachsenhausen and Oranienburg Life before the war; learns in a "heder" and a public school; life during fascist rule; Jewish deportation order, February 1944; adoption of false identities by his family; move to Bratislava; betrayal by a Ukrainian neighbor; arrest of the family; deportation to Sachsenhausen; transfer to Oranienburg; camp life including labor in an aircraft parts factory; liquidation of the camp, April 1945; death march; liberation, May...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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