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Testimony of Shoshana Zuzi Zhuzha (Polak) Levinger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932 regarding her experiences in Budapest in a marked house, in the ghetto and in a children's home

Testimony

Childhood in a secular family; living in various towns due to her father's work; good relations with Christians; Move to Budapest, summer 1942 or 1943; drafting of her father into a labor battalion, probably early 1944; German occupation, March 1944; air-raids; move to a marked house; move to a protected house; eviction of all the residents by members of the Arrow Cross Party, her father arrived in an army uniform and took her out of the group; continued life in the ghetto with many children; staying in shelter most of the time; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945; Joining Youth Aliyah; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Emanuel Krauthamer Kruvi, born, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bobrka Ghetto and in Romanow, forests and Swirz

Memoirs of Emanuel Krauthamer Kruvi, born, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bobrka Ghetto and in Romanow, forests and Swirz Experiences of the Krauthamer family from the start of their wanderings from Krautheim, Germany until their settlement in Bobrka; German Army occupation [of Bobrka], 1941; establishment of the Bobrka Ghetto; Bobrka Ghetto life, including forced labor digging trenches and clearing snow; life in stables in groups of 50 young women and 50 young men; forced labor in sugar beet fields [on an agricultural farm in Romanow?] until October 1942; first "Aktion" in Bobrka; deportation of...

File Number : 8583

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Diary of Heniek Veingarten, born in Niwice, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec, Lwow, Luck, being hidden by farmers, as a partisan in the Rowne forest and more

Diary of Heniek Veingarten, born in Niwice, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec, Lwow, Luck, being hidden by farmers, as a partisan in the Rowne forest and more Life with his family in Niwice; move to Wolbrom with his family due to difficulties in supporting themselves, 1920; abuse by gangs loyal to General Haller, including capture of his father and pulling out his beard; move of the family to Strzemieszyce, 1926; move of the family to Sosnowiec. Concentration of the Jews in the Szenja Hall in Sosnowiec, September, 1939; abuse of the Jews; mass murder of Jews; separation from his parents...

File Number : 8571

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Polish

Booklet containing research on the family history (roots) of Adela (Esther Ita) (Gerstman) Frenkel and Chaim Frenkel written by their daughter, Chana (Frenkel) Shtauber, 1990

Booklet containing research on the family history (roots) of Adela (Esther Ita) (Gerstman) Frenkel and Chaim Frenkel written by their daughter, Chana (Frenkel) Shtauber, 1990 Included in the booklet:: - Description of the experiences of Adela and Chaim Frenkel and their family until their aliya to Israel; - Certified testimonial declaration by Adela Frenkel in Pardes Chana, 23 October 1989, regarding her rescue during the war by a Polish woman, Wiktoria Szymanska, later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem and invited by Adela Frenkel to visit Israel, (in Hebrew, with instructions...

File Number : 8537

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Photograph, Declaration, Booklet(s), Testimony, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Memoirs of Mimi Camhi de Faraggi regarding her experiences in Skoplje, Urosevac and using a false identity in Albania

Memoirs of Mimi Camhi de Faraggi regarding her experiences in Skoplje, Urosevac and using a false identity in Albania Life in Skoplje during the German occupation, 06 April 1941; escape together with her family to Urosevac, 10 March 1943; her family remaining in Skoplje and their murder in Treblinka; escape to Albania; life in Albania using a false identity as a Muslim; end of the war. Return to Skoplje; life in Skoplje; finding an album that her grandparents entrusted to a friend, 1946; life during the Soviet regime; escape to Albania; escape to Italy; life in the Bari DP camp; move to live near the...

File Number : 8578

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Spanish

Testimony of Huta Ruthi Jervi Hagag, born in Zaouia, Libya, regarding her experiences in Zaouia

Testimony

Testimony of Huta Ruthi Jervi Hagag, born in Zaouia, Libya, regarding her experiences in Zaouia Childhood in Zaouia; her father is a tinsmith and sells haberdashery; religion and belief; father's visits to a synagogue; partnership relationships with local population. Her brothers' studies in a Jewish school; stay in Zaouia during the war. The end of the war; riots in the town, 1945; murder of her brother; injury of her sister; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948. * Year of birth of the witness is unknown; a story about the murder of her brother and the injury of her sister can refer to the war period.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Arabic

Testimony of an anonymous Jewish woman from the village of Rakow, Poland regarding her experiences in the Rakow Ghetto, escapes to the Aryan side using a false identity, hiding in the forest and in a Polish village and work in Germany using a false identity Life in Rakow at the time of the occupation including anti-Jewish legislation; life in the ghetto; capture of the witness; prevention of her deportation to Skarzysko-Kamienna due to the giving a bribe; escape of the family from the ghetto; hiding of the parents by farmers they had known before the war; trips taken to Czestochowa by train by the witness,...

File Number : 297.1

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad

Memoirs of Paulina (Barak) Birnbaum, born in Orinin, Ukraine, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Zhvanchik Ghetto, the Gorodok Ghetto, in Kopaygorod, Tulchin, Mogilev and Barlad German occupation of Zhvanchik; attitude of the local population; attempts of Jews to appease the Germans by welcoming them with a Torah scroll; acts of abuse against the Jews; collaboration of the Ukrainians with the Germans; pogrom in Zhvanchik, 31 August 1941, including the murder of her father; in hiding in an attic; mass murder of the Jews of Zhvanchik [in killing pits]; in hiding in a cemetery; "Aktion" in the ghetto;...

File Number : 8480

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Russian

Testimony of Emil Friedmann, regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps

Testimony

Testimony of Emil Friedmann [born in 1914], regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps From an observant family in Gyergyó, Transylvania; his parents were Farkas and Regina (Adler) Friedmann; his siblings were Izidor, Eugénia, Sándor, Artúr, Margit, Ernő, Henrich; his father served in the Hungarian Army during World War I, was wounded in battle, and died of his wounds in 1916, when the witness was two years old; harsh economic conditions; learning at a cheder from a young age; attendance at a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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