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Testimony of Sara (Libovitz) Bialik, born in Plunge, Lithuania in 1922, regarding her experiences in Klaipeda, in Latvia and Samarkand

Testimony of Sara (Libovitz) Bialik, born in Plunge, Lithuania in 1922, regarding her experiences in Klaipeda, in Latvia and Samarkand Her parents are dentists; studies in Klaipeda; her father visits Eretz Israel in 1938; outbreak of the war; visit by Hitler to Klaipeda, and the annexation of Klaipeda to Germany; escape to Lithuania; German occupation, 1941; escape to Latvia on the day of the invasion; murder of Jewish students at the university; air-raids on convoys of escapees; she gets onto the last train traveling toward the east; escape to Samarkand; her father's suicide attempt; detention of her...

File Number : 13619

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter of testimony of Yuliya Pilvinskaya regarding the experiences of her husband's family in Kaunas and Perloja, 1941-1944

Letter of testimony of Yuliya Pilvinskaya regarding the experiences of her husband's family in Kaunas and Perloja, 1941-1944 Air-raids on Kaunas, 22 June 1941; escape of Red Army forces from Kaunas during the early days of the war; shooting by local residents at the escaping soldiers; murder of the members of the Pilvinski family in Perloja, 1941; murder of a brother [?] of Pilvinski in the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, 1941; pogrom in the Viliampol neighborhood in Kaunas; murder of the neighborhood rabbi; murder of Jewish men in the bus park in Kaunas; murder of women in the Ninth Fort in Kaunas; humiliating orders...

File Number : 8385

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Reveka (Levite) Levy, born in Raseiniai, Lithuania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Raseiniai, the underground in the Kaunas Ghetto, Kedainiai, with the partisans in a forest and in the Red Army Life before the war; well-to-do, assimilated family. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, June 1941; harassment of Jews by Lithuanians; riots against Jews; escape and then return to her family's home; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto, August 1941; Kaunas Ghetto life including an "Aktion"; observes the transfer of Jews to the Ninth Fort, October 1941; labor in an airfield; appointment as the...

File Number : 13009

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tamar Sara Chonowitz Appleboim, born in Vilna, Poland, 1941, regarding her experiences as a baby in the Vilna Ghetto and in the home of a non-Jewish family

Testimony

Testimony of Tamar Sara (Chonowitz) Appleboim, born in Vilna, Poland, 1941, regarding her experiences as a baby in the Vilna Ghetto and in the home of a non-Jewish family Life in Vilna during the occupation, 1941; loss of contact with her father in Leningrad; deportation with her mother and baby female cousin to the Vilna Ghetto; the witness and her cousin are entrusted to Elena Stephanova Gregorieva; information regarding the fact that her mother has found a hiding place in an attic for the duration of the war; her aunt joins the partisans in the Vilna forests; life with the non-Jewish family, 1942-1945;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea (Zarembok) Aharoni, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Trunz and Lubicz

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Zarembok) Aharoni, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto, Stutthof, Trunz and Lubicz Life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; refugees from Poland stay in her house; German occupation, June 1941; unsuccessful attempt to escape to the Soviet Union; sealing of the Kaunas Ghetto; murder of Jews in the streets; the Jewish police; fear of Ukrainians and Lithuanians; work permits are obtained for the whole family from a friend with Judenrat connections; burning of the hospital on Yom Kippur (01 October) 1941; "Large Aktion", 28 October 1941; mass...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Luba (Sher) Kaplansky, born in Plunge, Lithuania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Telsiai, Viesvenai, Giruliai, in hiding in villages and forests, using a false identity and in the Siauliai Ghetto Life before the war; displays of antisemitism. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, June 1941; her family's escape to Telsiai; murder of her injured father by Germans; deportation to Viesvenai; guarded by Lithuanians; mutual help; abuse of men; witness is hidden during an "Aktion" against elderly people and children; transfer to Giruliai; women and children remain without the men;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bella (Veiner) Kirschenbaum, born in Taurage, Lithuania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Taurage, Siauliai, the Troki Ghetto, Stutthof and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Bella (Veiner) Kirschenbaum, born in Taurage, Lithuania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Taurage, Siauliai, the Troki Ghetto, Stutthof and other places Life in Taurage before the war; attends a Jewish school; relations with the non-Jewish population; displays of antisemitism. Soviet occupation; German occupation; escape to relatives in Siauliai with her family; deportation to the Troki Ghetto, 1942; ghetto life including work at an air field; deaths of her mother and brother; deportation to Stutthof; transfer to Malken, 1944; camp life; liberation by the Red Army. Medical treatment for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Luba Chaviva (Funkaite) Chesakov, born in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1938, regarding her experiences as a young child in the Siauliai Ghetto, Daugailiai and with a non-Jewish family

Testimony

Testimony of Luba Chaviva (Funkaite) Chesakov, born in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1938, regarding her experiences as a young child in the Siauliai Ghetto, Daugailiai and with a non-Jewish family Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1941; deportation to the Siauliai Ghetto; escape to Daugailiai, 1943; camp life; transfer to a non-Jewish family. Life with the family after the end of the war; return of her parents; move to Kaunas; attends a Jewish elementary school and a Lithuanian high school; aliya to Israel, 1960.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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