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Joint testimony of Berl Krengelis, born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, 1906 and Esther Krengelis, regarding their experiences in Pilviskai, the Kaunas Ghetto, and using a false identity in Insternburg and Wilkenthal Life before the war; life in Klaipeda; move to Pilviskai, 1939. German occupation, 23 June 1941; transfer of the local administration to the Lithuanians; Lithuanian leadership led by Bridzius Vasilius (Lithuanian police) and Vasilius; restrictions on the Jews; deportation of Jews to forced labor; looting of property, money and jewelry from Jews; abuse of Jews; establishment of the Judenrat; yellow...

File Number : 156

Type of Material : List of Murdered Persons, Letter, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Motl Kuricki, born in Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto, the Anyksciai Ghetto, the Siauliai Ghetto, Stutthof and Mueldorf

Testimony of Motl Kuricki, born in Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Daugavpils Ghetto, the Anyksciai Ghetto, the Siauliai Ghetto, Stutthof and Mueldorf Life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; Jewish youths join the Communist youth; German occupation; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Rokiskis; restrictions on the Jews; arrest of Jews, 28-29 June 1941; transfer of the Jews to a prison and synagogue; murder of Jews by Lithuanian perpetrators; rape of women; yellow badge; abuse of Jews; murder of men, 05 July 1941; escape from the killing pit and hidden in a Lithuanian...

File Number : 116

Type of Material : List of Murdered Persons, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Loyba Klar, born in Saukena, Lithuania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Saukenai, Zagare, in hiding, Uzventis, Siauliai and camps in Germany

Testimony of Loyba Klar, born in Saukena, Lithuania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Saukenai, Zagare, in hiding, Uzventis, Siauliai and camps in Germany Life in Saukenai before the war. German occupation, 26 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; looting of Jewish owned property; forced contribution; attacks on the Jews by the Lithuanians Girdravings and the Jocas brothers; murder of Jews; deportation with Jews to Zagare; murder of some of the Jews on the way; murder of the Jews from Vaiguva, Radviliskis, Kursenai and Uzventis; escape and hidden by the farmer Jonas Peleckis; life in hiding with...

File Number : 112

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Chana Golemba, born in Varniai, Lithuania, 1907; regarding her experiences in Nevarenai, Geruliai, the Telsiai Ghetto and in hiding in Vaislaukiai

Testimony of Chana Golemba, born in Varniai, Lithuania, 1907; regarding her experiences in Nevarenai, Geruliai, the Telsiai Ghetto and in hiding in Vaislaukiai Life before the war; move with her husband to Telsiai, 1931; life in Telsiai. Air-raids by the German Air Force over Telsiai; escape to Nevarenai; life in Nevareni in the barn of a rabbi; looting of property by Lithuanians; abuse by Lithuanians; deportation to the Viesvenai farm; life on the farm including meeting with Jews from Varniai; deportation of Jews from Tverai to the farm; deportation of women and children from Zarenai to the farm;...

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

An article about Dr. Roza Shabad Gawronska from Vilna who perished in the Holocaust, a document relating to Irena Anikst, and the genealogy of the Gershuni family from Vilna

An article about Dr. Roza Shabad Gawronska from Vilna who perished in the Holocaust, a document relating to Irena Anikst, and the genealogy of the Gershuni family from Vilna An article by Muriel Chochois dated 30 January 2012 concerning Dr. Roza (Shabad) Gawronska, born in 1882, and the Shabad family: - high school studies in Vilna until 1899; medical studies at universities in Freiburg im Breisgau and in St. Petersburg; life in Montreux, Switzerland in 1914-1916; moved to St. Petersburg in 1916; work as a doctor for the Red Cross organization in the Caucasus area in 1917-1921; return to Vilna in 1921 and,...

File Number : 575

Type of Material : Article, Genealogy, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, French, Russian

Letters, telegrams, and additional documentation pertaining to the Kapulski family from Kaunas and their experiences during the Holocaust and afterward

Letters, telegrams, and additional documentation pertaining to the Kapulski family from Kaunas and their experiences during the Holocaust and afterward - Telegram sent from Zurich to the Kapulski family in Tel Aviv containing information regarding family members in Europe, 17 July 1945; - Letters and telegrams sent from the Modena Displaced Persons camp by Yitzchak Kapulski to family members in Tel Aviv, October-November 1945. The letter dated 17 October 1945 appears in translation to Hebrew only; - Identity cards issued for the purpose of making aliya to Eretz Israel; --for Chaja Kapulska just before...

File Number : 4903

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs, Personal Documents, Telegram

Language : Italian, Hebrew, English, Yiddish

Memoirs of Hadasa Levin (maiden name: Hirshovitz) regarding her experiences in 1941-1946, memoirs of her son Joseph Aryeh Elias regarding her death in Munich in 1946, and additional documentation regarding the fate of Hadasa Levin "Bat-Ami": The memoirs of Hadasa Levin (maiden name: Hirshovitz), born in Panevezys in 1912, regarding her experiences in the ghettos, in camps and hiding places during the Holocaust and on her way to Israel after the Holocaust (written in the third person, as the story of the experiences of Shifra): Arrival of the witness and her son at the home of her husband's parents in...

File Number : 11108

Type of Material : Article, Letter, Draft, Play(s), Script(s), Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Interview with Maušius Segalis, born in Marijampolė in 1938, regarding the murder of his father in 1941, being hidden in Marijampolė and the transfer of his mother to forced labor in Germany

Interview with Maušius Segalis, born in Marijampolė in 1938, regarding the murder of his father in 1941, being hidden in Marijampolė and the transfer of his mother to forced labor in Germany - interview with Maušius Segalis (or Maushe Segal), born in Marijampolė in 1938, regarding his family's experiences in the Holocaust. The interview was recorded in Kalvarija by Ilona Rūkienė in 2019: Murder of Jews in Marijampolė on 1 September 1941 including the father of Maušius; transfer of Maušius into hiding with a non-Jewish family in Marijampolė; transfer of his mother to forced labor in Germany in 1942; his...

File Number : 11078

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : English

Memoirs of Lila Holzman (maiden name: Svirski), born in Święciany in 1926, regarding her experiences in Święciany, in Poligon camp and in the Święciany Ghetto in September-October 1941

Memoirs of Lila Holzman (maiden name: Svirski), born in Święciany in 1926, regarding her experiences in Święciany, in Poligon camp and in the Święciany Ghetto in September-October 1941 Persecution of the Jews of Święciany after the entry of the Germans; concentration of Święciany Jews in a field near the town on 27 September 1941; robbery of Jewish property; bringing about 300 tradespeople into the ghetto in Święciany; marching the rest of the town's Jews to the barracks of a military camp ("Poligon") in the forest near Święciany; meeting relatives and acquaintances from the surrounding villages; imposition...

File Number : 11043

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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