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Testimony of Meir Kischnerman, born in Balti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Vertujeni, Edineti, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski and Bershad

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Kischnerman, born in Balti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Vertujeni, Edineti, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski and Bershad Religious family; witness attends a Romanian school and learns with a melamed (religious studies teacher). Soviet occupation, June 1940; life under Soviet rule including attending a Soviet school; shelling of Balti by the Germans; his family's escape to fields, June 1941; escape to Vertujeni; move to Edineti in order to meet his uncle's family; capture of the witness' family; disappearance of his father; transfer to Vertujeni; deportation to Transnistria,...

File Number : 12903

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Wilhelm Deman, born in Vienna in 1895, regarding his experiences in Vienna, during the Anschluss, Kristallnacht, detention in Dachau camp, escape to Shanghai, and life in the city of Shanghai and in the Shanghai Ghetto during 1939-1949; Testimony from 1988: Vol. 2 - 1939-1945 Work by the witness and his wife for Horace Kadoorie in the administration of a club for Jewish youth – included are documents, newspaper clippings and photographs of the club's activities; club's activities, courses for children, and holidays - mention is made of many names of teachers and pupils; worrisome news from...

File Number : 56b

Language : Chinese, English, German, Japanese

Testimony of Jan Najder, a Polish concierge of the Jewish Community building in Krakow, regarding an "Aktion" and robbery of Jewish-owned property in Krakow, early December 1939

Testimony of Jan Najder, a Polish concierge of the Jewish Community building in Krakow, regarding an "Aktion" and robbery of Jewish-owned property in Krakow, early December 1939 Command of the Germans to close all Jewish homes until the end of the search, 05-06 December 1939; confiscation of all valuables owned by the Jews and found in synagogues; demand for a ransom for the rabbi, detained as a hostage; his release by Siebert; list of public soup kitchens and shelters organized for the Jewish refugees by the Krakow Jewish Community.

File Number : 76

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Meilech Zellner, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Wieliczka, and his life in hiding while hidden by Poles in the Bochnia vicinity and in Krakow for two and a half years

Testimony of Meilech Zellner, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Wieliczka, and his life in hiding while hidden by Poles in the Bochnia vicinity and in Krakow for two and a half years Escape of most of the Jewish men from Wieliczka immediately at the outbreak of the war; murder by Gestapo men of the Jewish men who were found in their homes in Wieliczka and Limanowa, 08 September 1939; establishment of a Judenrat comprised mainly of women, and its activities for two years; replacement of Mayor Frenzel by Resig, who outwardly shows friendship and good intentions toward the Jews, while receiving bribes;...

File Number : 471

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Chana Goldberg (Zang), born in Lublin, Poland, 1920, regarding her experience in Jastkow and Dorohucza labor camps, and hiding in villages

Testimony of Chana Goldberg (Zang), born in Lublin, Poland, 1920, regarding her experiences in Jastkow and Dorohucza labor camps, and hiding in villages Chana Goldberg lived in Lublin with her family: father - Aron Lejb Zang, mother - Cypora Rotblit and 3 brothers - Eliachu, Mordechai (killed by Germans in Lithuania later) and Pinchas. When the Germans entered Lublin, the captures of people for forced labor has begun. In May 1940 13 Jews and 3 Poles were shot (with Chana's boyfriend, her uncle and his son-in-law among others). Thousands, including Chana's father and brother Pinchas, died during typhus...

File Number : 2092

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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Testimony on "labor battalions" in Baia-Mare, Stanislawow, and Kosow; escaping into the Russian-occupied zone; "Aktion" in Huszt ghetto.

File Number : 63

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish, Hungarian