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Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps

Testimony of Edmund Dikman, born in Bukaczowce (Bukachivtsi), Poland, in 1929, regarding his ‎experiences in the Bukaczowce and Rohatyn ghettos and in Lawrykowce, Rohatyn and other ‎camps Life before the war; move of his family to Lukowicze in 1930; childhood in the village; studies at a ‎Polish school and with a “melamed;” antisemitism; Soviet occupation in 1939; escape to a ‎boarding school in Lwow in 1940; occupation by the Germans; escape to Lukowicze; payment of ‎ransom by the Bukaczowce Judenrat in money and furs; deportation to Bukaczowce in 1942; life in ‎the ghetto; deportation to Bronislawowka;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Roza Reizl (Meltzer) Vineboim, born in Wilno, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Novosibirsk area, in Stalinsk and Novosibirsk

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Roza Reizl (Meltzer) Vineboim, born in Wilno, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Novosibirsk area, in Stalinsk and Novosibirsk Life as a child in Dokszyce and Paraf Janowo, Poland; Soviet occupation, 1939; life under the Soviet regime; Komsomol Communist youth activities. Outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; escape with a female friend and with her aunt's family to beyond the Soviet border, September 1941; journey to Siberia by train for about a month; life with her uncle's family and studies in a kolkhoz in the Novosibirsk area, 1941; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Bar, born in Frasin, Romania, 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in Gura Humorului, Mogilev-Podolski, Obukhov, Dzhurin and forests

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Bar, born in Frasin, Romania, 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in Gura Humorului, Mogilev-Podolski, Obukhov, Dzhurin and forests Life before the war; traditional family; move to Gura Humorului. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Mogilev-Podolski; life in Mogilev-Podolski including mutual help between deportees; escape to Obukhov; life in Obukhov in a stable; theft of belongings by Ukrainians; escape to Dzhurin; life in Dzhurin; deportation of his father to forced labor for Germans; death of his father from typhus; air-raids on Dzhurin by the Red Army; escape to forests;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation gathered regarding the Displaced Persons (DP) camp in Theresienstadt after the liberation, 1945-1947

Documentation gathered regarding the Displaced Persons (DP) camp in Theresienstadt after the liberation, 1945-1947 - Protocols of the meetings held between General Kusmin, the commander of the unit that liberated the Theresienstadt Ghetto and Georg Vogel, the engineer, regarding repatriation of former inmates, 14 May-19 June 1945; - Reports regarding the situation in Theresienstadt, 17 June 1945-03 October 1947; - List of 888 former inmates liberated from Theresienstadt, undated; - Copies of the camp newspaper which published news of the world and announcements to the residents ("Theresienstaedter...

File Number : 109

Type of Material : Reports, Protocol

Language : Czech, German

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Decision of the Council of the Peoples Komissariat (SNK) of the Ukraine and the Ukrainian Central Committee of the Communist Party concerning "measures to initiate the decision of the Peoples Soviet Committee of the USSR about organizing the transfer of former Polish citizens (Poles and Jews with Polish citizenship) to Poland and revoking their Soviet civil status", dated 29 November 1945.

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Russian

Testimony of Baruch Kobelski, born in Sejny, 1918, regarding his experiences in a POW camp in Germany and his escape to the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Baruch Kobelski, born in Sejny, 1918, regarding his experiences in a POW camp in Germany and his escape to the Soviet Union Serves at the Polish-German front in the Polish Army; capture by the Germans during the defense of the Deblin fort; held prisoner in Stalag-3 a POW camp in Luckenwalde near Berlin; separation of the Jewish POWs from the Polish POWs into a special camp; impersonates a Polish man called Bronislav Kobelski; his appointment as a translator; camp life; relations with Jews; relations with a German subofficer; execution of150 Jewish POWs; transfer to Warsaw; escape from the...

File Number : 6206

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ela Mishpati, born in Ludmir, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Ludmir Ghetto, in hiding on a farm in Hanuszyn, wanderings in villages and using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Ela Mishpati, born in Ludmir, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in the Ludmir Ghetto, in hiding on a farm in Hanuszyn, wanderings in villages and using a false identity Life in Ludmir under Soviet rule until 1941. German occupation; murder of her father; help from a Polish friend who manages a farm in Hanuszyn; life in the Ludmir Ghetto until 1942; escape from the ghetto with help from the Polish friend in Hanuszyn; life in hiding; attack on Hanuszyn by partisans; the Germans burn the village; escape from the hiding place; separation from her mother and sister; wanderings between...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Finkelstein, born in Horodenko (Poland) Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Horodenko, the Tluste Ghetto and Lisowce camp

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Finkelstein, born in Horodenko (Poland) Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Horodenko, the Tluste Ghetto and Lisowce camp Learns Hebrew in secret after the German occupation; theft of Jewish property by the Germans; decrees and restrictions; yellow badge; kidnapping of Jews to forced labor; removal of the Jews from the synagogue and their murder in a forest; in hiding in a bunker with her parents during the large "Aktion", winter, 1942; murder of her father along with other Jews; deportation of the Horodenko Jews to Kolomyja; transfer to the Tluste Ghetto; injured during an...

File Number : 6145

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elimelech Zuckerkopf, born in Ryki, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Dworzec labor camp and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Elimelech Zuckerkopf, born in Ryki, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Dworzec labor camp and with the partisans Life in Zoludek as a Polish refugee under Soviet rule; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Lithuania together with Rabbi and Mrs. Sorotzkin and their capture by the NKVD; wave of exiles of refugees from Poland who had registered to return to German occupied areas; deportation to Dworzec labor camp; labor burying thousands of Soviet POWs who were shot while in German captivity; joins the underground; escape to forests; partisan activities in the Ruda Jaworska forests; wounded in...

File Number : 6144

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Haina Rabinovitz, born in Minsk, Belorussia, 1916, regarding her experiences in Wisniewice and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Haina Rabinovitz, born in Minsk, Belorussia, 1916, regarding her experiences in Wisniewice and with the partisans Occupation of Wisniewice by the Germans at the end of 1941; forced labor in the Bogdanowka railroad station; return to Wisniewice along with other young women just before the first "Aktion"; the hanging of a number of Jews in the market place; her escape to a forest before the "Aktion"; hardships endured in the surrounding villages, and the meeting with escapees from the ghetto in the forest; joins the Chapaev regiment of Russian partisans under the command of a Russian major;...

File Number : 6140

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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