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Summaries of the testimonies of Samuel Korall and Dorothy (Rapp) Korall regarding their experiences in the Holocaust, and documentation of members of the Korall and Rapp families

- Summary of an interview conducted with Shmuel (Samuel) Yehuda Korall, born in Krakow in 1930, by the Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich: Stay in the Krakow Ghetto; the witness's escape from the Krakow Ghetto in early 1942, and going into hiding with his mother in the village of Kalwaria; manhunt for Jews in Kalwaria in summer 1942; parting from his mother (she perished); the escape of the witness during the manhunt and his infiltration of Płaszów camp where his brother Shaul was being held; his brother Shaul's death in Płaszów; transfer of the witness to Hasag Kielce camp in December 1943; deportation to...

File Number : 11658

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Certification, Official Documentation, Biography, Identity Card

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Memoirs of Abraham Kronenberg, born in Poland in 1905, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union during the Holocaust, and additional documentation related to the Kronenberg family

Memoirs of Abraham Kronenberg, born in Poland in 1905, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union during the Holocaust, and additional documentation related to the Kronenberg family - memoirs of Abraham Kronenberg: Riots and arson in Bilgoraj in September 1939; air-raids on the city; the German occupation; persecution of the Jews; withdrawal of the Germans and the Soviet occupation; retreat of the Red Army; escape with the Red Army; arrival in Mizocz; visit to Bilgoraj in November 1939, meeting with his family; return to Mizocz with his fiancée Rachel; marriage in Mizocz on 18 February 1940; deportation...

File Number : 11627

Type of Material : Memoirs, Medical Documentation, סיפור חיים, Identity Card, Personal Documents, כתובה, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Memoirs of Michael Sheni and his brother Khaim Shneir (previously Michael and Haim Schneider), regarding their family’s experiences in the Soviet Union during the Holocaust

Memoirs of Michael Sheni and his brother Khaim Shneir (previously Michael and Haim Schneider), regarding their family’s experiences in the Soviet Union during the Holocaust - memoirs of Michael Sheni (formerly Michael Schneider), born in Kostopol in 1933, written in March 2004. Attached to the memoirs are obituaries for the witness's parents - Eliezer Schneider and his wife Kayla (Goldstein), and poems and articles from the Kibbutz Gan Shmuel newsletter. The memoirs include information about the history of the Schneider family in Poland, the Soviet Union, Germany and Israel: Childhood in Kostopol; life...

File Number : 11518

Type of Material : הספד, Excerpt(s), Memoirs, Poems/songs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Herman Schutzman, transcripts of testimonies of Stefa (Cang) Schutzman and of Ursula (Cang) Lifschitz, and additional documentation regarding members of the Schutzman and Cang families during the Holocaust - Transcript of the testimony of Stefa (Cang) Schutzman regarding her experiences in Lwów and Lwów Ghetto in 1939-1942, and in Krakow under a false identity in 1942-1943 (based on interviews conducted by Alex Schutzman in January-February 2005): Life under Soviet occupation in 1939-1941; detention of the witness by the NKVD and his release for a huge sum in dollars; marriage to Herman...

File Number : 11508

Type of Material : Declaration, תמליל, List of Murdered Jews, Documentary, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, Russian

Transcript of the testimony of Chysia (Bookspan) Cohen, born in Chelm in 1925, regarding her experiences in Chelm and forced labor in Germany under a false identity during the Holocaust

Transcript of the testimony of Chysia (Bookspan) Cohen, born in Chelm in 1925, regarding her experiences in Chelm and forced labor in Germany under a false identity during the Holocaust Family life in Chelm; her brother’s aliya to Eretz Israel in the 1930s; her father’s death in 1937; her sister’s aliya to Eretz Israel in 1938; increasing anti-Semitism; air-raids in Chelm after the outbreak of war in September 1939; the Soviet occupation of Chelm, their departure and the German occupation; persecution of Jews in Chelm; transfer to forced labor; Aktions in Chelm; help from a German officer (his family name...

File Number : 11507

Type of Material : תמליל

Memoirs of Eliyahu Berman, born in Skole in 1916, regarding his experiences in forced labor, in bunkers in the forests and in the Red Army

Memoirs of Eliyahu Berman, born in Skole in 1916, regarding his experiences in forced labor, in bunkers in the forests and in the Red Army - Memoirs of Eliyahu Berman regarding his experiences before, during and after the Holocaust (partial translation into English is attached): Death of his father in 1931; the stay of the witness, a member of Hashomer Hatzair, in various aliya training camps in Poland; work in Lwow; the murder of Samuel, one of his brothers, by Ukrainians; drafted into the Red Army with the outbreak of war in 1941; deaths of most of the soldiers from his unit during the retreat; his...

File Number : 11431

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mordekhai Meier, born in Wojtkowa in 1931, regarding his experiences in Wojtkowa, Siberia and Uzbekistan, during his aliya to Eretz Israel with the “Tehran Children”, and in Eretz Israel Childhood in Wojtkowa (his parents - Aryeh Meier and his wife Leah (maiden name: Berger); outbreak of war in September 1939 and the Soviet occupation; exile of the family to Siberia; life in the Tavda region in 1939-1941; release of the family after the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1941; escape to Uzbekistan; his father's death from typhus in 1941; subsistence hardships; transfer with...

File Number : 11199

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Yoyna Huss, born in Horodenka in 1892, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union in 1939-1943, and the testimony of residents of Temnolesskaya regarding the murder of Roza Huss and her daughters in 1942 - statement by Nikolay Lazarev and Anna Nikulina regarding the murder of Roza Guss and her daughters Khana, Yakha and Aydel from Temnolesskaya in early November 1942. The statement was drawn up in Temnolesskaya on 3 April 1943; - notebook with the memoirs of Yoyna Huss, born in Horodenka in 1892, regarding his experiences in the Soviet Union in 1939-1943. The memoirs were written in Yiddish...

File Number : 11132

Type of Material : Article, Declaration, Memoirs

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, English, Russian, German

Memoirs of Natan Kelberman, born in Włodawa in 1935, regarding his experiences in Poland and the Soviet Union in 1939-1945, on the ship "Exodus", in concentration camps in Germany and on the way to Eretz Israel in 1947-1948 The life of the witness’s family (Menashe and Rosa Kelberman and their seven children) in Włodawa; outbreak of war on 1 September 1939 and the German occupation; persecution of Jews; withdrawal of the Germans and the Soviet occupation; withdrawal of the Soviet forces in preparation for the German occupation; his family's escape from Włodawa with the Red Army; settling in Ukraine; outbreak...

File Number : 11130

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Ekhaizjer, born in Siedlce, Poland in 1924, regarding his experiences in Poland, in the Soviet Union, and in service in the Polish Army in the Soviet Army during 1939-1945

Testimony of David Ekhaizjer, born in Siedlce, Poland in 1924, regarding his experiences in Poland, in the Soviet Union, and in service in the Polish Army in the Soviet Army during 1939-1945 His family's life in Warsaw; outbreak of the war; shelling of Warsaw; his family escapes to Kowel; move to Lwow; exile of the family to forced labor in Mariyskaya ASSR in June 1940; death of his father due to illness; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; release of the family members from forced labor; settlement of the family members in Yoshkar Ola; he studies mechanics; draft into the Polish Army...

File Number : 10782

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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