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Testimony of Tzafrir Shteir Sara, born in Bedzin, Poland, in 1930 regarding the Srodula ghetto and regarding the Peterswaldau camp

Childhood before the war; programming aliya to Israel; aliya of the two brothers ; confiscation of family businesses; outbreak of the war; burning the synagogue and houses of Jews; deportation to ghetto; forced labor; murder of the father; "aktions"; deportation of the mother and sister to Auschwitz Birkenau; deportation of the witness with her sister to Peterswaldau; help of the German female commander; liberation by the Russians; escape to the American side; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1946

File Number : 13661

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ann Wigoda née Mendelsohn, born in 1932 in Berlin, about her experiences as a girl in Berlin, her escape to Brussels, and her survival in orphanages and convents in Belgium under a false identity

Childhood in Berlin as the Nazis rise to power; escapes with parents to Brussels in 1938 (illegally); life under German occupation in 1940; father arrested and deported to a camp in 1941; mother falls ill and is taken to the Jewish Weisenbeek hospital near Brussels in 1941; witness placed in a residence at a teachers' college in Laeken in 1942 under a false identity; transferred to a convent in Chimay, spends several months there and is evicted in 1942; placed in the Pensiona des Soeurs de St. Vincent de Paul convent in Obourg, Mons Département; lives in the convcent under a false identity until liberation;...

File Number : 13517

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

The testimony of Batia (Sher) Gat, born in 1936, in Vukovar, Yugoslavia, regarding being hidden in a Christian orphanage in Vukovar

The testimony of Batia (Sher) Gat, born in 1936, in Vukovar, Yugoslavia Family life before the war; father head of the Reform community in Vukovar; the German occupation in April 1941; yellow badges; the community head’s plan to hide her, with the help of a non-Jewish assistant and the local priest; the men, including the congregation, being gathered in the courtyard of the synagogue and deported to forced labor; the mother's deportation, and then her murder in Auschwitz camp in the summer of 1942; the transfer of the witness by the aide to an elderly Jewish couple who have not yet been deported; the arrest of...

File Number : 13358

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva (Grinwald) Veis, born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in prison in Ilava, in the Sered camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places

Testimony of Eva (Grinwald) Veis, born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in prison in Ilava, in the Sered camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places Life before the war; attendance at various schools until 1942; imposition of restrictions on the Jews. Transfer to a one room apartment, 1943; deportation to Ilava, September 1944; life in prison; deportation to the Sered camp; camp life until 28 September 1944; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to the Bad-Kudowa camp; camp life including hospitalization in the sick room; [deportation to the Matzdorf camp;] life...

Type of Material : Secondary Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Transcript of the testimony of Eva (Grinvald) Veis born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in detention in Ilava, in Sered, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bad Kudowa and Matzdorf

Transcript of the testimony of Eva (Grinvald) Veis born in Zilina, Slovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Zilina, in detention in Ilava, in Sered, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bad Kudowa and Matzdorf Life before the war; attends various schools until 1942. Anti-Jewish legislation; forced transfer to a one room apartment, 1943; deportation to Sered via the Ilava prison, 1944; life in Sered until 28 September 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life in Birkenau for approximately one month; transfer to Bad Kudowa; camp life including hospitalization in the clinic; liberation by the Red Army. Return to...

File Number : 8321

Type of Material : Testimony, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Henri Feldman, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child while in hiding in Brussels and in an orphanage in Namur

Testimony of Chaim Henri Feldman, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child while in hiding in Brussels and in an orphanage in Namur Life in his parents' home; Finding him a hiding place in his aunt's home in Brussels; escape back to his family's home; receiving information regarding a deportation to Mechelen camp and from there to Auschwitz camp on Transport no. 16 in 1942; visit by two Belgian women who are members of the Belgian underground, Jeanne and Andrée Guelen; separation from his mother; Allied Forces' air-raids; transfer to Villa Mille Fleurs in Namur; life in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 13405

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Viviana Graner née Volterra, born in 1925 in Ancona, Italy, about her experiences in Ancona and in hiding with a family in Monte S. Martino, 1943–1944

Testimony of Viviana Graner née Volterra, born in 1925 in Ancona, Italy, about her experiences in Ancona and in hiding with a family in Monte S. Martino, 1943–1944 Offspring of assimilated family in Ancona; father an anti-Fascist activist; father warned by authorities; promulgation of racial laws in 193; father dismissed from his teaching job; witness studies in a community setting; is attracted to Judaism; suffers from economic hardships; German occupation ensues in 1943; family escapes after being warned in advance; family finds a hideout in Monte S. Martino; conceals their Jewishness; prayerbook deposited...

File Number : 13504

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 13417

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Amos Peter Brunner Ben-Ron, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Prague, on the Kindertransport, in Clacton-on-Sea, Oswestry and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Amos Peter Brunner Ben-Ron, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Prague, on the Kindertransport, in Clacton-on-Sea, Oswestry and other places German Army occupation of Prague, 1939; move to England along with his younger brother in the context of Nicholas Winton's Kindertransport, June 1939; life in a Christian religious dormitory in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex county, 1939; aliya of his parents to Eretz Israel using certificates, 1939; correspondence with his parents during the war period; outbreak of the war; Britain joins the war, 1939; move to a dormitory in Oswesty...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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