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Testimony of Brina (Fridman) Levin, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in detention in the Seventh Fort, the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Malken and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Brina (Fridman) Levin, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in detention in the Seventh Fort, the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Malken and other places Life in Kaunas before the war. Annexation to the Soviet Union, 1940; nationalization of the business and the family home; closure of Jewish institutions; German occupation, 1941; murder of her sister and brother-in-law in a pogrom; attempt to ask for help from the Lithuanian police; her mother's detention in the Seventh Fort; joins her mother; transfer to Ninth Fort with her mother; release from detention; deportation to the...

File Number : 12674

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaskiel Fischman, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1921, regarding his family's experiences in Tarnow and his experiences in Pustkow camp, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony of Chaskiel Fischman, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1921, regarding his family's experiences in Tarnow and his experiences in Pustkow camp, Auschwitz and other places Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; detention of his parents and sister; their release from detention two days later, following the amputation [cutting off] of his father's leg; deportation of his family during the first "Aktion"; escape of the witness after the arrival of Polish policemen who came to search for him; taking of his uncle and his aunt as hostages, with the promise that the witness will voluntarily...

File Number : 370

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish