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Testimony of Arie Ludwik Ilzecki, born in Katowice, Poland, 1939, regarding his experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto and with Polish farmers

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Ludwik Ilzecki, born in Katowice, Poland, 1939, regarding his experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto and with Polish farmers His father is a tailor and ows a prosperous business. Outbreak of the war; deportation to the Sosnowiec Ghetto, 1941; "Aktion"; placed with Polish farmers at the age of three and a half; tuberculosis; murder of his parents; liberation, 1945. Placed in an orphanage in Chorzow; placed in an orphanage in Bielsko; placed in an orphanage in Krakow; life under the Communist regime; visit of Moshe Kol; aliya to Israel, 1957; confirmation of his identity by one of his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Adolf Porges, born in Beclean, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Turda Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Adolf Porges, born in Beclean, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Turda Ghetto Witness' family moves to Calatele; attends a non-Jewish school; way of life and religious holidays at home; relations with non-Jews; studies in Oradea. Attitude of Iron Guardsmen towards the Jews; deportation to Turda by cart; ghetto life; confiscation of valuables through torture; smuggling network; drafting of Jews to forced labor; flogging during work time; shortage of food; labor paving roads; liberation by the Red Army. Arranging aliya to Eretz Israel; move to Italy; aliya attempt to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Newspaper clippings and book excerpts, particularly regarding relief activities for Jews in occupied Europe, 1946-1957

Newspaper clippings and book excerpts, particularly regarding relief activities for Jews in occupied Europe, 1946-1957 The file is organized by authors in alphabetical order: The file contains: Pages 1-3: Excerpt from a book (not identified) including a report from the Immigration into Palestine (IMPA) Section of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC- Red Cross) regarding its activities during and after the war, 1948; Pages 4-5: Excerpts from the book, "Shlichut Aluma" ["Secret Mission"] by Munia (Meir) Mardor, dealing with arms acquisitions, pp. 180, 274; Pages 6-14: Excerpts...

File Number : 73

Type of Material : Research Article, Survey Report, Book, Guide

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Testimony of Simkha Sieradzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding his experiences using a false identity in Poland and Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Simkha Sieradzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, regarding his experiences using a false identity in Poland and Germany Membership in Hanoar Hatzioni; participation in a course for counselors in Troki led by Moshe Kol in anticipation of aliya to Eretz Israel one month before the outbreak of the war. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; move to Zolkiewka under Soviet rule; the Soviets leave after three days; cooperation with the Akiva movement which had merged with Hanoar Hatzioni, 1940; search for work for the aliya training participants on the estates where the owners had handed over their produce...

File Number : 9689

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Zigman, born in Krakow, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences in Biezanow and Skarzysko Kamienna

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Zigman, born in Krakow, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences in Biezanow and Skarzysko Kamienna Family. Deportation of the family to Wieliczka, 1940; forced labor by his parents in Biezanow camp; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto; escape to Biezanow camp; deportation to Skarzysko Kamienna camp; camp life; hanging of Jews; efforts directed at moving his niece Zippora from the hiding place where her mother had left her; joins Youth Aliyah. Move to Slovakia with Bericha; aliya to Israel, August 1948; studies at various institutions; participation in Israel's wars.

File Number : 9755

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Diana Salomon, born in Roman, 1937, regarding her experiences in Roman and hiding in a shelter in Tirgu Frumos

Testimony

Testimony of Diana Salomon, born in Roman, 1937, regarding her experiences in Roman and hiding in a shelter in Tirgu Frumos Family life before the war; move to Tirgu Frumos; her father was a teacher. Escape to the fields due to the shelling; hiding in a shelter; daily life in the shelter; recruitment of men for forced labor; abuse of girls; murder of the father; injury of the mother; interment of bodies in a mass grave; a German threw her wounded mother down the stairs. Meeting with her grandparents in a hospital; return to Roman; her mother has surgery; death train to Tirgu Frumos; school; relations...

File Number : 11337

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation related to the activities of Professor Kalman Binyamini, born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1924, on behalf of the aliya and absorption of child Holocaust survivors to Israel, 1940-1996

Documentation related to the activities of Professor Kalman Binyamini, born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1924, on behalf of the aliya and absorption of child Holocaust survivors to Israel, 1940-1996 Included in the documents is an article written by Professor Binyamini in New York in 1991, titled, "Bluma's letter, a sort of confession"; the article was written in reaction to the letter of a woman named Bluma, who as a child Holocaust survivor and orphan was in a children's institution in Schirmeck; in the letter, she expresses her immense anger regarding the mocking treatment she received from the psychologist...

File Number : 502

Type of Material : Newspaper, Article, Letter, Research Article, Memoirs, Survey Report, Speech, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

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