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Testimony of Dora Deborah Eilat Plawes, born in Wien, Austria, 1924, regarding the persecution of Austrian Jews and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Dora Deborah Eilat Plawes, born in Wien, Austria, 1924, regarding the persecution of Austrian Jews and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1939 Family background, only daughter; her parents are immigrants from Poland; Hebrew studies; studies in an Austrian school. The Anschluss; the beginning of hostile treatment on the part of the local population; the witness winning the competition at school and not receiving the prize due to her being a Jewish; joining the Maccabi Hatzair youth movement; Zionism; the arrival of Eichmann in the youth movement; Kristallnacht riots; the arrest of her father on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Leon Lilian, born in Villach, Austria, 1918, regarding his experiences in Villach until late 1938

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Leon Lilian, born in Villach, Austria, 1918, regarding his experiences in Villach until late 1938 His family was originally from Carpathian Ruthenia; life before the Anschluss; buds of antisemitism, 1934. Anschluss, annexation of Austria to Germany, March 1938; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel with help from a relative active in the Beitar movement in Vienna; aliya of the witness' brother to Eretz Israel, July 1938; unsuccessful attempt to leave via Italy; deportation of his father to Dachau for a short time; sets sail to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet in travel that lasts...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Cohen, born in Szarvas, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Szarvas Ghetto, Szolnok, Strasshof, Guntersdorf and other places

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Testimony of Moshe Cohen, born in Szarvas, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Szarvas Ghetto, Szolnok, Strasshof, Guntersdorf and other places Life in Szarvas before the war; displays of antisemitism. Transfer of his uncles to forced labor, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; yellow badge; displays of antisemitism by the local population; escape with his family to an agricultural farm in the Bekes area; deportation by Hungarian gendarmes to the Szarvas Ghetto; Szarvas Ghetto life including robbery of property of Jews; burning of the Neolog synagogue; transfer to Szolnok; life in Szolnok...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ita Eta Gedalovitz, born in Kriva, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto, the Mako Ghetto, the Szeged Ghetto and Wiener Neustadt

Testimony

Testimony of Ita Eta Gedalovitz, born in Kriva, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto, the Mako Ghetto, the Szeged Ghetto and Wiener Neustadt Life before the war. Annexation to Hungary, 1939; life under Hungarian rule; move to Mako, 1943; German occupation, March 1944; transfer of the family business to a non-Jew to prevent its confiscation; deportation of the family to the Mateszalka Ghetto; transfer to the Mako Ghetto, May 1944; transfer to a brick factory in Szeged; deportation to Wiener Neustadt; camp life including labor clearing snow and rubble; medical help from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Tomas Hiter, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1936, regarding his experiences in Strasshof and Ulrichskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of David Tomas Hiter, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1936, regarding his experiences in Strasshof and Ulrichskirchen Life before the war; attends a public school and Jewish school. His father is forced to sell his shares in a factory; draft of his father to labor logging trees in forests; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; deportation to Strasshof; transfer to Ulrichskirchen; village life until spring 1945; transfer back to Strasshof; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pnina Iren (Frish) Rubinstein, born in Hajdunanas, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Hajdunanas Ghetto, Debrecen, Strasshof and Wien

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Iren (Frish) Rubinstein, born in Hajdunanas, Hungary, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Hajdunanas Ghetto, Debrecen, Strasshof and Wien Life before the war; attends the Jewish school and learns at home; numerus clausus. Outbreak of the war; draft of her father to forced labor logging trees, 1940; restrictions on Jews including selling merchandise; German occupation, Pesach 1944; deportation of the Jewish men including her father to a labor camp; yellow badge; deportation to the Hajdunanas Ghetto; ghetto life including first aid courses; concentration of the Jews in the railroad...

File Number : 12767

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Susie (Lang) Margalit, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experiences during Kristallnacht, Trieste, Lyme Regis, Liverpool and Boston

Testimony

Testimony of Susie (Lang) Margalit, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experiences during Kristallnacht, Trieste, Lyme Regis, Liverpool and Boston Well-to-do assimilated family. Anschluss, 1938; Kristallnacht; detention of her father in Dachau and his release; joins Maccabi Hatzair; wait in Trieste for a visa to England. Life in England including learns in a Christian school in Lyme Regis; move to Liverpool; detention of her father on suspicion of being a spy; obtains a visa to the United States; move to Boston, late 1941; joins Hashomer Hatzair; aliya to Eretz Israel, early 1948.

File Number : 12847

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jordana Theresa (Lipkind) Katzin, born in Bekescsaba , Hungary, 1937, regarding her experiences on the Franzensdorf farm and in Vienna

Testimony

Testimony of Jordana Theresa (Lipniker) Katzin, born in Bekescsaba , Hungary, 1937, regarding her experiences on the Franzensdorf farm and in Vienna Life in her grandfather's house. German occupation; establishment of the ghetto, April 1944; concentration of the Jews from the vicinity in a tobacco factory, June 1944; deportation by train, 23 April 1944; transfer to Strasshof for a short time; transfer with her family to the Franzensdorf farm; life on the farm until October 1944; transfer to a wood processing factory in Vienna; liberation by the Red Army, April 1945. Move to Budapest; return to...

File Number : 12982

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) Headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 6, 27 June 1941 Basing of the report on information from the branches of the Gestapo in the Reich, branches of the SIPO and the SD in Europe and from the Einsatzkommandos inside the Soviet Union; Part 1 - Political events; Part 2 - Military events: Detention of persons holding Soviet citizenship and persons originally from the Soviet Union suspected of having been recruited by Soviet...

File Number : 163.6

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Testimony of Shoshana (Lustig) Shoshani, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, an Austrian village, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Lustig) Shoshani, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, an Austrian village, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen Tradtitional family; life until 1941. Death of her mother in a pogrom in Novi Sad; expulsion from school; learns to mend socks; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Subotica Ghetto; transfer to a flour mill; transfer to an Austrian village with relatives; life in the village and labor logging trees; befriends Hungarian soldiers; Austrian offer to hide in the mountains; deportation to Mauthausen and murder of her grandmother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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