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Transcript of an interview conducted by Yehuda Bauer with Moshe Trosman, Yissachar Trosman, Chaim Bar-Or and others regarding their experiences in the Rokitno Ghetto, in hiding in the forests and nearby villages after their escape from the ghetto and their joining the partisans Jewish life in Glinna and the nearby villages prior to the war; Administration of the Judenrat in the Rokitno Ghetto and the extent of its cooperation with the Germans; the role of Sokolovsky, the head of the gendarmie in Rokitno, in the rescue of Jews; escape from the Rokitno Ghetto and hiding in the forest; attitude of the rural...

File Number : 8458

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Malka Musia Kaplan née Lachterman, born in 1936 in Briceni, Romania, about her experiences as a girl in Briceni, in the Mogilev Podolski and Verejeni ghettos, and in the Obodovka camp

Testimony

Testimony of Malka Musia Kaplan née Lachterman, born in 1936 in Briceni, Romania, about her experiences as a girl in Briceni, in the Mogilev Podolski and Verejeni ghettos, and in the Obodovka camp Father dispossessed of his shop; German occupation of Briceni ensues in July 1941; led out on a death march; crossing the Dniester River and deportation to the Mogilev Podolski ghetto; people divided up and deportation to the Verejeni ghetto; life in the ghetto; relocated in October 1941; crossing back over the Dniester River to Ukraine; transfer to the Obodovka camp; escape to a farming area by paying a bribe;...

File Number : 13433

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara Chaya (Segal) Topper, born in Lanowce, Poland, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in the Lanowce Ghetto, in hiding in the fields and being hidden by a family in Michalowka

Testimony

Testimony of Klara Chaya (Segal) Topper, born in Lanowce, Poland, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in the Lanowce Ghetto, in hiding in the fields and being hidden by a family in Michalowka Transition to Soviet rule, 1939; accusation of her father of Zionism and his deportation to Arkhangelsk, 1940; German occupation,1941; deportation to the Lanowce Ghetto; drafting of her mother and uncles to labor; hunger; liquidation of the ghetto; murder in killing pits; hiding with her mother in the fields; being rescued by a Subbotnik family in Michalowka; capture of her mother and her being buried alive;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Fuks, born in Sandrovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sandrovo, on the border of Poland and in hiding in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Fuks, born in Sandrovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sandrovo, on the border of Poland and in hiding in a forest Life in Sandrovo before the war; Orthodox religious family; outbreak of displays of antisemitism on the non-Jewish holidays. Outbreak of the war, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary; his school is turned into a Hungarian school; draft of young people into the Hungarian Army; draft of his brother and his release; transfer of soldiers to labor battalions on the war front; Aryanization of Jewish businesses; deportation to the Polish border with Jews who are...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yechiel Varkel, born in Dabrowica, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in hiding, a forest and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Yechiel Varkel, born in Dabrowica, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in hiding, a forest and with the partisans Life before the war; attends a Yavne school; Beitar activities; meets Ze'ev Jabotinsky; aliya of her brother to Eretz Israel, 1931. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Sarny Ghetto; ghetto life including deportation to an open area and digging pits; shooting of Jews by the German soldiers and the Ukrainians; in hiding in a non-Jewish neighbors home; escape and hidden by a religious Christian; escape to a forest; joins...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Hirsh Shahar, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences using a false identity on Hungarian farms, in the Olmas Pusta mines and Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Hirsh Shahar, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences using a false identity on Hungarian farms, the Olmas Pusta mines and Budapest From a large, ultra-Orthodox family; family livelihood is from a sewing store, commerce and brokerage; learns in a "heder". Re-annexation to Hungary, 1939; learns in yeshivas in Vishk, Moshtina and Sighet; German Army invasion of Poland, September 1939; studies with Rabbi Teitelbaum in Sighet; joins Hashomer Hatzair in Budapest, March 1944; deportation to forced labor; move to western Hungary using a false identity; labor on estates...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hana (Faust) Meler, born in Radauti, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Bucharest, Shumilov, the Bershad Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jewish family and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Hana (Faust) Meler, born in Radauti, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Bucharest, Shumilov, the Bershad Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jewish family and other places Life before the war; her twin sister; her father owns a truck. Pogrom, 1940; confiscation of the truck by German soldiers in Botosani; her father's work for the German Army; attends Romanian elementary and high schools; active in Hashomer Hatzair; her father's deportation; restrictions on Jews; family move to Bucharest; termination of studies; transfer to Transnistria with her twin sister; crosses the Dniester River, October...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

O.36 - David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany

O.36 - David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany This record group is a collection of testimonies recorded by David Boder, a Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in DP camps in Europe in 1946. The collection is comprised of testimonies of Jews and non-Jews, recorded in various languages and translated into English. The testimonies focus on the events in the lives of the survivors during the war in the ghettos and camps, while serving in the military, in hiding and in children's homes. The testimonies also contain information regarding the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Chaim Roitbord Raiberg, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Ludwipol, Kharkov, his escape to Russia and draft into the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Roitbord Raiberg, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Ludwipol, Kharkov, his escape to Russia and draft into the Red Army Poor family with four children; livelihood ing from trade; studying in "heder" and after in a Polish school and a Hebrew private school; education in a Tarbut school; antisemitism. Soviet occupation, 01 September 1939; escape to Kharkov by train; escape to Caucasus; living with Subbotniks for a few months; work in agriculture; moving to Krasnovosk; crossing the Caspian Sea; reaching Alma Ata in Kazakhstan with his sister who became a clerk in...

File Number : 11110

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Mania (Barszab) Peretzman, born in Kozin, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Kozin Ghetto and hidden in the home of Ukrainian farmers

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Mania (Barszab) Peretzman, born in Kozin, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Kozin Ghetto and hidden in the home of Ukrainian farmers Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; German occupation; deportation to the Kozin Ghetto; escape; life in a village including hidden in the home of Ukrainian Subbotnik farmers; assumes to be a Christian following advice from the female farmer; liberation. Aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.

File Number : 1331.2

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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