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Testimony of Yaakov Hofman Hauchmann, born in 1929 in Glebokie, Poland, about his experiences in the Glebokie ghetto, in hiding with villagers, with the partisans in 1942–1944, and in the Red Army

Offspring of a traditional family in Glebokie; Soviet occupation ensues in 1939; German occupation ensues in June 1941; hears rumors about murder in nearby forests; searching for food in villages at night; establishment of the ghetto; establishment of a Judenrat; hunger; volunteering for nighttime work in return for food; brother dies in the first Aktion; building hideouts; ghetto liquidated in August 1942; witness escapes during the Aktion; lives in hiding with villagers; handed over to Russian partisans; integration into a partisan unit; activity in 1942–1944; a decade of service in the Red Army; receiving...

File Number : 13637

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aleksandra Kovaleva, born in 1927, regarding the hiding of the Geifman family in Sharpayevka, 1942 and the murder of Jews in Millerovo, January 1943

Testimony of Aleksandra Kovaleva, born in 1927, regarding the hiding of the Geifman family in Sharpayevka, 1942 and the murder of Jews in Millerovo, January 1943 Included in the file are: - Quotation about Soviet hero Aleksandr Romanenko regarding the occupation of Millerovo and the activities in the camp in Millerovo; - Confirmations by archival institutions regarding the search for documentation concerning the camp and the murder of Jews in Millerovo; - Page from a guidebook of the regional State Archives of Rostov, with a notation regarding Millerovo camp.

File Number : 8310

Type of Material : Approval, Testimony, Survey

Language : Russian

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps

Testimony

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps Born to an observant family in Sarmas (Hungarian: Salamas); her parents were Adolf, born in Bilbor and Eszter (Rubin) Sztrul, born in Salamas; her siblings were Jenő Sztrul and Ernő Sztrul; her other siblings were not mentioned by name; her maternal grandfather was Salamon Rubin whose two sons Adolf and Herman perished in the Holocaust, and whose daughter, the witness' mother, and the two children of his second daughter,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Ilana Elena Helen Malka (Veis) Berger, born in Arduzel, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Satul Lung, the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ilana Elena Helen Malka (Veis) Berger, born in Arduzel, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Satul Lung, the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places Her childhood in Satul Lung; attitude of the local population. Life under Hungarian occupation including restrictions on movement, 1940; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944; separation of her family members; tattooing of number A11656 on her arm; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; transfer to forced labor in an ammunitions factory in Unterluess; transfer back to Bergen-Belsen;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Feibis Grinberg, born in Vadu Rascu, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Mihaileni, Vindiceni and Tulchin

Testimony

Testimony of Feibis Grinberg, born in Vadu Rascu, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Mihaileni, Vindiceni and Tulchin From a traditional family; his parents' home; difficult economic circumstances; move to Mihaileni. Deportation to Ukraine, July 1941; crossing the Dniester river; confiscation of valuables; living quarters in a Ukrainian school building; many corpses in the school building; transfer to Vindiceni; living with a Ukrainian family; commerce in the villages; work in a sugar factory; typhus; help from the villagers; transfer to a labor camp in Tulchin; camp life including labor digging...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Micha Mordehay Schwimmer, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Uzhorod, Budapest, the Kasztner train, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Micha Mordehay Schwimmer, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Uzhorod, Budapest, the Kasztner train, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1939; appointment of a non-Jewish trustee for the family business; restrictions on movement; displays of antisemitism; transfer of young men to labor battalions; deportation of Jews without Hungarian citizenship; meets Jewish refugees from Poland; escape to Budapest; life in Budapest; escape to a dormitory of the Jewish community, 1942; joins the Dror-Habonim movement; receives...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Margot (Wolf) Minzer, born in Goerske, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Goerske, Berlin, Naper and Shaghai

Testimony

Testimony of Margot (Wolf) Minzer, born in Goerske, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Goerske, Berlin, Naper and Shaghai Life before the war; secular family; ban on Jews' sports activities; "Boycott Day", economic boycott on Germany's Jews, 1933; closure of her family's store by the police. Deportation of her father to Buchenwald; receives help and her father’s quick release; purchase of tickets for travel by ship to Shanghai, 1939; separation with her family from local people; escape to Berlin; escape by train to Naper; escape to Shanghai on a ship; life in Shanghai; outbreak of the war;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruben Kohn, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Zagreb, Crikvenica, Rab, with the partisans in the Dalmatia area and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ruben Kohn, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Zagreb, Crikvenica, Rab, with the partisans in the Dalmacija area and in other places Life in Zagreb before the war; Zionist family. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 10 April 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; evades deportation to camps; rescue by Horvat Pavao, who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations; escape to Crikvenica; life under the Italian occupation; deportation to Kraljevica, November 1942; camp life including internal coordination by inmates; transfer to Rab, May 1943; camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordehay Boukritz, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1926, regarding his experiences in Tripoli, Tunisia and Marsa

Testimony

Testimony of Mordehay Boukritz, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1926, regarding his experiences in Tripoli, Tunisia and Marsa Traditional family; his father is a carpenter; witness attends an Italian school. Death of his sister in an air-raid; deportation to Tunisia, summer 1942; transfer to Marsa; deportation to forced labor for approximately six months; liberation, spring 1943. Return to Libya; riots, 1945; aliya to Israel, 1951.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Joint testimony of Shmuel Sami Bararon Bar, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1936, and Lea Lala (Bararon) Iakovi, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1941, regarding their experiences as children in Belgrade, Pristina and Bergen-Belsen Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1941; their father is drafted into the Yugoslavian Army and taken captive; air-raids over Belgrade and destruction of their home; life in hiding in a shelter; escape to Pristina by taxi; life in Pristina under Italian occupation; deportation to Belgrade by the Germans, summer 1944; deportation to Bergen-Belsen; camp life; transfer to Germany...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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