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Memoirs of Izsak Schwarcz, born in Transylvania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Szászrégen Ghetto, in Schachendorf, Guenskirchen and Mauthausen camps and in other places

Memoirs of Izsak Schwarcz, born in Transylvania, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Szászrégen Ghetto, in Schachendorf, Guenskirchen and Mauthausen camps and in other places Deterioration of the situation and living conditions of the Jews in northern Transylvania due to the re-annexation of the northern Transylvania to Hungary, 1940; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions and decrees including the ban on kosher ritual slaughter; deportation of the Jews to the Szászrégen Ghetto, May 1944; deportation of the witness to forced labor in Mures, along with his father; deportation of his mother and his younger...

File Number : 8320

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Documentary, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 7569

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Feiga (Moshkovich) Adler, born in Romoly, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and Stutthof camps, and in other camps, 1944-1946

Moshkovich family's life in Kolozsvár until 1944; German occupation of Hungary, 03/1944; deportation to a ghetto, 05/1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; shaving of hair, showers; residence in Block no. 32; roll-calls, and cruelties by the guards; selection, several days later, and transfer to Stutthof camp; transfer to Steinhort camp; labor digging tank traps; departure on a death march in 01/1945; receipt of food from a local woman; continuation of the death march for several months; liberation by the Red Army in 1945; she becomes sick with typhus disease; return home, and reunion with her older...

File Number : 4928

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Memoirs of Moshe Arieli, born in Szatmár, regarding his experiences in the labor battalions, in Auschwitz camp, and in POW camps in Germany during 1942-1945

- Annexation of Szatmár to Hungary, 09/1940; draft of Moshe (Mózes Lebovits) to the Hungarian Army labor battalions in 1942, and release due to illness; his repeat draft in 10/1943, and release several days later; German occupation of Hungary, 03/1944; deportation to the Szatmár Ghetto with his family on 10/05/1944; deportation from the ghetto to Auschwitz camp in late May [1944]; arrival to Auschwitz camp, and separation from his mother, his four sisters and his father; shaving of hair, and exchange of clothing; residence in a Block with his brother Meir; relations between the inmates in the Block; transfer to...

File Number : 4914

Type of Material : Memoirs, תעודת שחרור ממחנה, Names

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, Hungarian

Memoirs of an anonymous witness regarding his experiences and those of the Jews of Nagyvárad after the annexation of the Nagyvárad area to Hungary, 1940-1945

Memoirs of an anonymous witness regarding his experiences and those of the Jews of Nagyvárad after the annexation of the Nagyvárad area to Hungary, 1940-1945 - Annexation of Nagyvárad to Hungary, 1940; antisemitic articles published in the newspapers; deportation of a group of Jews to Kamenets Podolsk, 1941; drafting of Jewish men to Hungarian Army labor battalions; occupation of Hungary by Germany, March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation; deportation of the Jews of Nagyvárad and its surrounding area to the Nagyvárad Ghetto, May 1944; confiscation of valuable articles; deportation of Jews from the Nagyvárad...

File Number : 3647

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 1954

Type of Material : Memoirs, Survey

Language : Hungarian

To be translated

File Number : 1273

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Memoirs of Clara Goldberger née Salamon, born in 1922 in Cluj, about her experiences and those of her family before and during the Holocaust, 1920–1961

Memoirs of Clara Goldberger née Salamon, born in 1922 in Cluj, about her experiences and those of her family before and during the Holocaust, 1920–1961 History of the Salamon and Stein families: Samson Salamon, born in 1899, marries Sarolta Stein, born in 1901, in 1920; childhood and adolescence of Clara and her brother Otto, born in 1924 in Cluj (Kolozsvár); Hungary annexes Transylvania in September 1940; Germany occupies Hungary on March 19, 1944; banishment to the Kolozsvár ghetto; deportation from the ghetto to Auschwitz three weeks later in the third transport; selection and separation of Sarolta and...

File Number : 11666

Type of Material : Memoirs, Birth Certificate, Names, Work Permit

Language : Slovak, Romanian, Hungarian

Memoirs of Khava Fridman née Steinberg of Valea lui Mihai, about her family's experiences in ithe Oradea ghetto, the Auschwitz and Salzwedel camps, etc.

Memoirs of Khava Fridman née Steinberg of Valea lui Mihai, about her family's experiences in ithe Oradea ghetto, the Auschwitz and Salzwedel camps, etc. - memoirs of Khava Fridman née Steinberg of Valea lui Mihai, born in 1932 in Valea lui Mihai, Transylvania, as part of a genealogy project; the information is based on a conversation with Khava: Life in Valea lui Mihai; born to an Orthodox religious family; father's occupation: owner of a vinegar plant; Hungary re-annexes Transylvania in 1940; attending a Jewish school; antisemitism; German occupation ensues in 1944; family dispossessed; local Jews are...

File Number : 11407

Type of Material : Passport, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, French, English

Memoirs of Agi Kestenbaum (maiden name: Veis), born in Târgu Mureș, regarding her family's experiences in the Târgu Mureș Ghetto, in Auschwitz Birkenau, in Lenzing camp and liberation

Memoirs of Agi Kestenbaum (maiden name: Veis), born in Târgu Mureș, regarding her family's experiences in the Târgu Mureș Ghetto, in Auschwitz Birkenau, in Lenzing camp and liberation Agi Kestenbaum (maiden name: Veis) was born in Târgu Mureș in Transylvania (Marosvásárhely in Hungarian) on 10 June 1929. Her memoirs were translated from Hungarian by her daughter, the late Erica Weintraub, in November 2013, and typed by her granddaughter Orly Weintraub Gilad on 20 May 2014. (the memoirs were written in May 2011): Residence in Târgu Mureș; her sister and brother: Eva and Tommy (Tomika); her father is the...

File Number : 11011

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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