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Testimony of Yitzkhak Keren Klein, born in Lugoj, Romania, in 1936 regarding his experiences as a child hiding in Odorheiu

Testimony of Yitzkhak Keren Klein, born in Lugoj, Romania,in 1936 regarding his experiences a a child in hiding in Oderheiu Moving with the family to Odorheiu; re- annexation of the place to Hungary in 1940; the family gets "privileges" due to serving during World War 1; occupation in 1944; deportation of the Jewish community to camps;rescue from deportation due to their privileges; compulsory reporting to the police; facing bullying at school; finding a hiding place in a forest hut with a non-Jewish acquaintance from July 1944 till Autumn 1944; liberation; life after the war;aliya to Israel in 1950;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haviva Luba Barakh née Obis, born in 1932 in Jarczów-Kolonia Pierwsza, Poland, about her experiences as a girl in the Piaski ghetto and with a non-Jewish family in Gielczew

Offspring of a family of merchants in Jarczów-Kolonia Pierwsza; German occupation ensues in 1939; eviction from the village and loss of livelihood; sleeing in non-Jews' granaries; Jews of the area sent to the Piaski ghetto; digging a bunker in the field as oppression mounts; five family members find a hidout in a bunker and stay there in 1941–1942; searching for food at night; manhunt by collaborators; hearing rumors about liquidation of the ghettos; placed with a non-Jewish family in Gielczew in late 1942; brother murdered in the field; parents and sister captured and murdered in Majdanek; villagers hostile;...

File Number : 13511

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alon Schultze Chaim Günther, born in 1938 in Berlin, about a son born to a mixed marriage and forced labor in Berlin

Testimony

Testimony of Alon Schultze Chaim Günther, born in 1938 in Berlin, about a son born to a mixed marriage and forced labor in Berlin The witness: son of a Jewish mother and an Evangelist father; antisemitism by teacher and pupils when witness was in first grade; father transfers him to a Jewish school; family moves from apartment to apartment to conceal its Jewishness; authorities order father to divorce his wife; father sent to penal labor in 1935–1937; brother bullied in the street; brother immigrates to Eretz Israel in 1938; Jewish-owned shops demolished; father works as a barber; hears from soldiers about...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more Childhood in a wealthy, religious family. Hungarian occupation and rise in displays of antisemitism; German occupation, 1944; yellow badge; robbery of valuables and assets; deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection and transfer together with his twin brother to a camp hospital (Kranken Hause); medical experiments; transfer to Camp D and labor near Crematorium 2; approach of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aliza Aliz (Goldshtein) Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sekeshvehevar, Budapest and a protected house

Testimony

Testimony of Aliza Aliz (Goldshtein) Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in Szekesfehervar, Budapest and a protected house Childhood in an Orthodox home. Deportation of her mother's family members to Kamieniec Podolskiy; murder of her mother's family members in Kamieniec Podolskiy, summer 1941; drafting of her father to a work battalion, transfer to Szekesfehervar by the Aid and Rescue Committee, autumn 1943; return to Budapest, early 1944; German occupation [of Budapest], March 1944; life under German occupation including restrictions, transfer to a marked house, search for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hannah (Kohn) Openheimer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1916, regarding her experiences in Dresden and Mannheim

Testimony

Testimony of Hannah (Kohn) Openheimer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1916, regarding her experiences in Dresden and Mannheim Childhood in a wealthy family with a paralyzed and blind brother; relocation to Dresden, 1918; loss of possessions in the Great Depression; Nazi Party rise to power, 1933; leaving school due to displays of antisemitism; German socialist youth activities; joining a Zionist youth movement; Zionist aliya training in Lithuania; youth group counselor in Mannheim, 1934-1937; antisemitic harrassment; transfer of her brother to a Jewish institution for the handicapped in Amsterdam; escape of her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent by the Hlinka Slovak People's Party (HSPP) in Secovska Polanka to the government representative Dr. Matej Hutka requesting the deportation of the 11 Jews remaining in the village and slated for deportation, English translation, 17 July 1943

File Number : 128

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Testimony of Sosia (Fridman) Fuks, born in Nove Barovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Nove Barovo, the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz, Praust and Puck

Testimony

Testimony of Sosia (Fridman) Fuks, born in Nove Barovo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Nove Barovo, the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz, Praust and Puck Her childhood in a religious family. Annexation of Nove Barovo to Hungary, 1939; displays of antisemitism; deportation of her brothers to labor; deportation of her parents to Galicia; looting of property; visits to her family in the prison in Budapest; German Army occupation of Nove Barovo, 1944; life under German occupation including the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation to the Mateszalka Ghetto; robbery of valuables;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliza Bornstein, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1930, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Jadu and in Grota Firata

Testimony

Testimony of Eliza Bornstein, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1930, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Jadu and in Grota Firata Childhood in Tripoli. Shavuot holiday event, 1940; direct hit of bomb on family home: transfer to Benghazi; air-raids; escape; lists of deportees to a concentration camp; transfer to camp Jadu; camp life including hunger; cleaning of streets by rabbis and death from typhus and starvation; liberation by the US Army. Move back to Tripoli; move to the Grota Firata camp; receiving aid from the JDC; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordehi Shofel, born in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Tomaszow Lubelski, Rawa Ruska, Lipetsk, Nizhniy Tagil and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Mordehi Shofel, born in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Tomaszow Lubelski, Rawa Ruska, Lipetsk, Nizhniy Tagil and other places His childhood in a traditional home. Outbreak of the war; German Army occupation of Tomaszow Lubelski, September 1939; Red Army occupation of Tomaszow Lubelski for two months; pogrom against the Jews, including looting; transfer of the Jews to a forest; transfer of Jews to forced labor; escape from the camp in the forest, December 1939; illegally crosses the border; capture by Soviet soldiers; release [from detention]; life in Rawa Ruska;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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