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Letter sent by the Hlinka Slovak People's Party (HSPP) in Secovska Polanka to the government representative Dr. Matej Hutka requesting the deportation of the 11 Jews remaining in the village and slated for deportation, English translation, 17 July 1943

File Number : 128

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Edita (Libovitz) Osherov, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child while in hiding in Zilina and using a false identity in Turciansky Svaty Martin Life in Zilina before the war; traditional family. Deportation of her father, March 1942; escape during the night with her mother to a non-Jewish woman friend, March 1944; life in hiding in her relatives' home in the center of the city; life in hiding with nine people in a closed room on the upper floor; her relatives' life on the lower floor while using forged documents; arrival of gendarmes to the home;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Arie Leib Hoz Razmovitz, born in Rachov, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Rachov and in a labor battalion

Testimony

Testimony of David Arie Leib Hoz Razmovitz, born in Rachov, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Rachov and in a labor battalion Life before the war; from an ultra-Orthodox family; learns in a yeshiva. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; deportation to a labor battalion, 1941; labor paving roads for the Hungarian Army until 1944; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Return to Rachov; life in Rachov; help from the Joint Distribution Committee; move to Bucharest; life in Bucharest; joins Hapoel Hamizrachi; move to Varin; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Pan Crescent", 1948;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Yan Polak, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding, in the Bratislava Ghetto and using a false identity in Karlova

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Yan Polak, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding, in the Bratislava Ghetto and using a false identity in Karlova Assimilated family; life before the war; displays of antisemitism of a German family. His family receives knowledge regarding an approaching deportation of Jews; his family finds a hiding place; move to his grandmother in Hungary; deportation to the Bratislava Ghetto; Bratislava Ghetto life including his father's dismissal from work; restrictions on movement; his parents' decision to escape from the ghetto; obtaining of forged...

File Number : 12990

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Erika (Weiss) Jakubovitsch, born in Opatovce, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hungary

Testimony

Testimony of Erika (Weiss) Jakubovitsch, born in Opatovce, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hungary Life before the war; displays of antisemitism by the Hungarian population. Anti-Jewish restrictions; anti-Jewish legislation; illegally crosses the border to Hungary with her brother; life in hiding in the homes of various families. Witness' interview was halted in the middle.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony

Testimony of Walter Morgenbesser, born in Spisska Nova Ves, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Spisska Nova Ves, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrueck, Sachsenhausen and other places Life before the war; family with hardships. Deportation with his parents to a military camp in another city, May 1942; release by his brother with the help of an “Essential for the Economy” certificate; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, autumn 1944; labor as a valet for a German soldier; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Ravensbrueck; camp life; labor harvesting reeds at...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehudit (Englender) Rot, born in Kezmarok, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Kezmarok, Kosice and Lucenec

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit (Englender) Rot, born in Kezmarok, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Kezmarok, Kosice and Lucenec Life before the war. German occupation; escape with the family to Kosice; life in Kosice in the home of relatives, 1943; escape to Lucenec; life in Lucenec until 1944; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Kezmarok; life in Kezmarok; move to Genova; aliya to Israel on a ship "Abacia" [?], 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Gertruda Trudi (Noiman) Leichner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Piestany, Nitra and Merasice

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Gertruda Trudi (Noiman) Leichner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Piestany, Nitra and Merasice Life before the war; life in Piestany including attending a local school; Maccabi Hatzair activities. Restrictions on Jews; escape to Nitra, 1942; life in Nitra including conversion to Christianity; attends a non-Jewish school in a monastery; escape to their father in Merasice with her brother, 1943; life in Merasice including continuation of her education in Nitra; deportation of her parents, grandmother and female cousins, 1944; life in the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zigmund Shlomo Diamant, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in hiding in Pezinok, in Sered and Terezin

Testimony

Testimony of Zigmund Shlomo Diamant, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in hiding in Pezinok, in Sered and Terezin From a wealthy traditional family; life in Pezinok; attends a local school. German occupation; Aryanization of property; his father continues to manage his business with help from a non-Jewish trustee; receives an "Essential to the Economy" certificate; warning given to his father by the police chief in times of danger; bribe given to various Germans by his father on behalf of the family and the community; life until August 1944; hiding in a small room used...

File Number : 12967

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Joint testimony of Aleksander Teler, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1930 and Milan Teler, born in Liptovsky Svaty Mikulas, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding their experiences in Liptovsky Svaty Mikulas, Banovce and in hiding in villages and mountians Well-to-do secular family; attend a Jewish school; their father has Czechoslovakian citizenship. Escape of their father to Bratislava; life in Bratislava; escape home, summer 1942; draft of their father to forced labor; revocation of his travel pass; escape of the family to a non-Jewish acquaintance's inn in the tavern; life at the tavern; escape home,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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