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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;...

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Testimony of Lu Daniel (Levi Dan), born in Sibiu, Romania in 1934, regarding his childhood in Sibiu, Arad, and Deva

Testimony of Lu Daniel (Levi Dan), born in Sibiu, Romania in 1934, regarding his childhood in Sibiu, Arad, and Deva Dismissal of his father from his position as a physician due to his Jewishness in 1939; escape with his family from Sibiu to Arad; transfer of his father to Bershad because he was a physician; expulsion from school; life in poverty; suffering from beatings by young bullies; his father’s return in 1944; Hungarian occupation; bombings of the location by the Germans; escape to Deva; life there until liberation; joining the Zionist youth movement; move to the children’s home in Apeldoorn; aliya to...

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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;...

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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 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...

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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 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...

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

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...

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

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...

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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

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