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Testimony of Martin Jakobs, born in 1920 in Amsterdam, about his experiences in Leiden, in hiding in Amsterdam, in France, in a refugee camp near Lausanne, etc.

Testimony

Testimony of Martin Jakobs, born in 1920 in Amsterdam, about his experiences in Leiden, in hiding in Amsterdam, in France, in a refugee camp near Lausanne, etc. Childhood in a nonreligious family in Amsterdam; attending a public school; active in a Zionist movement; studying physics at the University of Leiden at age sixteen; war breaks out in 1940; continues to study; Jewish lecturers are fired and leave the university; continues to study in Amsterdam until early 1942; Jews placed under restrictions; Jews are concentrated and the witness goes into hiding; escapes to Belgium with his brother; obtains false...

File Number : 13535

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Hofshteter, born in Rzeszow, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in Rzeszow, in the Lwow Ghetto and while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Hofshteter, born in Rzeszow, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in Rzeszow, in the Lwow Ghetto and while using a false identity Life before the war; Outbreak of the war and escape to Lwow with his family; German occupation; Lwow Ghetto life; "Aktions" and escape from the ghetto, using forged documents; liberation; Return to Lwow; studies; attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Enzo Sereni" ship; detention in Atlit camp; starts a family.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Svimer, born in Kelca, Czechoslovakia, in 1924, regarding his experiences hiding in Kelca and in the ranks of an underground organization in Budapest

Testimony of Arie Svimer,born in Kelca, Czechoslovakia,in 1924,regarding his experiences in hiding in Kelca and in the ranks of an underground group in Budapest Life in Kelca during re-annexation of the place to Hungary; finding a hiding place in a cowshed with a non-Jewish family; separation from the parents; escape to Budapest; working there as a fur tailor; activity as a messenger in the ranks of an underground group whose activity was forging documents; forging documents; emigration to Israel on board the ship "Knesset Israel" in 1947; detention in Cyprus; Aliya to Israel; absorption and rehabilitation;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Toni (Tauba Susskind)Veber, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1927regarding persecution of the Jews of Antwerp and her escape to Switzerland

Testimony

Childhood in Antwerp; arrival of refugees from Germany; German occupation, May 1940; failed escape attempt to England; anti-Jewish legislation; expulsion from school; evening curfew; Aryanization; activity in Bnei Akiva; escape with her brother from Antwerp, 1942; illegally crossing the border into France with forged documents; illegally crossing the border into Switzerland in the Annecy area; capture by Swiss gendarmes and deportation back to France; re-crossing the border into Switzerland; life in a refugee camp near Zurich; assistance from a local nun; end of the war, May 1945; Aliya to Eretz Israel,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diary kept by Pál Kis, the Jewish photographer, October- 05 December 1944, regarding his experiences and those of this family during the war

Diary kept by Pál Kis, the Jewish photographer, October- 05 December 1944, regarding his experiences and those of this family during the war Life in the forced labor battalion in Szentimre and the area, including forced labor from 20 October 1944; escape from the forced labor battalion in Budapest; life with his wife and two other siblings in the home of his younger brother, Sanyi; life of his older daughter in a Red Cross protective house; entrusting his younger daughter to a Christian educational institution. There is an introduction written by the author's daughter, Shoshana Mariana (Kis) Shofaroni,...

File Number : 8616

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Miriam (Rubin) David, born in Kapusany, Slovakia, 1943, regarding the experiences of her father, Moritz Moshe Rubin and the rest of her family during the Holocaust

Testimony of Miriam (Rubin) David, born in Kapusany, Slovakia, 1943, regarding the experiences of her father, Moritz Moshe Rubin and the rest of her family during the Holocaust - Moritz Moshe Rubin was born in Kapusany, Slovakia, 1912; the ninth out of 11 children of Hermina (daughter of Miriam and Yitzhak Hendler) and Emanuel (son of Mindel [Baum] and Joseph) Rubin; family ownership of a flour mill, a sawmill and land in Radvanovce, Slovakia; marriage of Moritz with Anna Chana Gross from Sečovce, Czechoslovakia, 1941. Aryanization of the family assets, 1942; deportation of the majority of the Rubin and...

File Number : 8556

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎

Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎ His childhood in a rural community; annexation to the Soviet Union in 1939; the German ‎occupation in June 1941; his expulsion from school; deportation to Sine Waly estate; escape and ‎hiding in the forest and with farmers in summer 1942; meeting his father and moving to a families ‎camp in the forest in autumn 1942; attack by a gang of Ukrainians; his father murdered and Joseph ‎injured; move to Dubno under a borrowed identity in...

File Number : 13682

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Shtein, born in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in Nové Zámky and Komárno, using a false identity and as a partisan

Testimony of Michael Shtein, born in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences as a forced laborer in Nové Zámky and Komárno, using a false identity and as a partisan Michael Shtein's father, Emanuel Shtein, was born in Beszterce, Hungary and studied in Nové Zámky; Shtein's mother, Berta (Schwartz) Shtein was born in Ogyalla, Hungary, 1900; his parents were married in 1922; the family owned a small textile store; his father also worked as an itinerant merchant of tropical fruit, and his mother as a seamstress. Arrival of an order for his father to report for work, and the 14-year old...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Booklet containing research on the family history (roots) of Adela (Esther Ita) (Gerstman) Frenkel and Chaim Frenkel written by their daughter, Chana (Frenkel) Shtauber, 1990

Booklet containing research on the family history (roots) of Adela (Esther Ita) (Gerstman) Frenkel and Chaim Frenkel written by their daughter, Chana (Frenkel) Shtauber, 1990 Included in the booklet:: - Description of the experiences of Adela and Chaim Frenkel and their family until their aliya to Israel; - Certified testimonial declaration by Adela Frenkel in Pardes Chana, 23 October 1989, regarding her rescue during the war by a Polish woman, Wiktoria Szymanska, later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem and invited by Adela Frenkel to visit Israel, (in Hebrew, with instructions...

File Number : 8537

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Personal Documents, Memoirs, Photograph, Declaration, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish

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

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