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Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family

Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri, born in Poland during the war, and the Roots trip she had with her family Article regarding the experiences of Ester Zamri during the war, including life in hiding with her mother and her two siblings in Mieleszki; murder of her mother and one of her siblings by Poles; rescue of Ester and her brother Aryeh by Poles; aliya of Ester and her brother to Eretz Israel within the framework of legal aliya of orphans; holding of a Roots trip to Poland with her children and grandchildren; meeting the daughter of the Poles who saved her.

File Number : 316

Type of Material : Article

Language : Hebrew

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 Miriam Lengel, born in Cluj, Romania in 1921, regarding her experiences in Kneii Meze, in the Plaszow and Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, in a camp in the region of Buchenberg and more

Testimony of Miriam Lengel, born in Cluj, Romania, in 1921,regarding her experiences in Kneii Meze, in the camps Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in the region of Buchenberg and more Life in Cluj; attending a Romanian Gymnasium; good relations with the neighbours; annexation of the place to Hungary; imposing restrictions on the Jews; imposing an economic boycott; anti-Semitism; deportation to Kneii Meze; life in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by cargo train; selection and transfer to Block B'; transfer to Block C'; working in the kitchen and stealing food; food trading; transfer to Plaszow;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rozalia (Ionas) Lobel, born in Sacaseni, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sacaseni, the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto and Aushwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Rozalia (Ionas) Lobel, born in Sacaseni, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sacaseni, the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto and Aushwitz Life in Sacaseni with her family including in imposition of [anti-Jewish] restrictions; annexation of Transylvania by Hungary; imposition of anti-Jewish restrictions including the nationalization of land owned by her family, travel restrictions and the obligation regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation to the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto; Simleul Silvanei Ghetto life including labor conveying bricks for burning, and experiencing hunger; hanging of her father...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lidia Lili (Simsovits) Fischer, born in Sighet, Maramures, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Geppersdorf, on a death march and in Georgenthal

Testimony

Testimony of Lidia Lili (Simsovits) Fischer, born in Sighet, Maramures, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Satu Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Geppersdorf, on a death march and in Georgenthal Childhood in Sighet, Maramures. Hungarian occupation, 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; move to Satu Mare for studies; deportation of people lacking citizenship, 1941; closing of the Jewish school; restrictions in movement; yellow badge; confiscation of property; partial curfew; deportation to the Satu Mare Ghetto; then to Auschwitz, after approximately three weeks; repeated abuse; mutual help; hunger; Yom Kippur;...

File Number : 13380

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Katriel Geza Berkowitz, born in Daia, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Daia, Medias and being hidden by a family in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Katriel Geza Berkowitz, born in Daia, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Daia, Medias and being hidden by a family in a village Raised in the only Jewish family in the village of Daia; eviction from the family estate, 1941; move to Medias; transfer of the business affairs to Christians; draft of her father to forced labor; abuse by local German youth; rumors regarding the intention of Germans to hurt the Jews, 1944; escape from Medias; being hidden by a rural family; liberation by the Red Army. Joining Bnei Akiva; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet together...

File Number : 13414

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leon Tabokh, born in 1926 in Thessaloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Birkenau, and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Tabokh, born in 1926 in Thessaloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Birkenau, and Mauthausen Pre-war life; war with Italy breaks out in October 1940; German occupation begins in April 1941; hunger; dispossession of Jews in 1942; "black Sabbath" in July 1942; restrictions on Jews including the yellow star edict; eviction from home and confiscation of the house for Germans' residential use; life in the "Baron Hirsch" quarter of the ghetto in early 1943; deportation to Auschwitz in March 1943; life in Birkenau; working in the ADE...

File Number : 13563

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Malka Musia Kaplan née Lachterman, born in 1936 in Briceni, Romania, about her experiences as a girl in Briceni, in the Mogilev Podolski and Verejeni ghettos, and in the Obodovka camp

Testimony

Testimony of Malka Musia Kaplan née Lachterman, born in 1936 in Briceni, Romania, about her experiences as a girl in Briceni, in the Mogilev Podolski and Verejeni ghettos, and in the Obodovka camp Father dispossessed of his shop; German occupation of Briceni ensues in July 1941; led out on a death march; crossing the Dniester River and deportation to the Mogilev Podolski ghetto; people divided up and deportation to the Verejeni ghetto; life in the ghetto; relocated in October 1941; crossing back over the Dniester River to Ukraine; transfer to the Obodovka camp; escape to a farming area by paying a bribe;...

File Number : 13433

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Vitzrabin, born in Lipcani Targ, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lipcani Targ and Tulchin

Testimony

Testimony of Reuven Vitzrabin, born in Lipcani Targ, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lipcani Targ and Tulchin Childhood in a traditional family; obtaining a certificate for legal aliya to Eretz Israel; attempt by his mother to prevent his aliya to Eretz Israel. Restrictions on the Jews; information received regarding life of the Jews under German occupation; Red Army occupation [of Lipcani Targ]; releasing Communists from prisons; deportation of the wealthy to Siberia, 1939; life under Romanian rule, 1941; escape of Jews out of fear of retaliation; burning of [Lipcani Targ] by the Red Army;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tuvia Reiber, born in Bilgoraj, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bilgoraj, Lwow, Kuybyshev, Stalinabad, Stettin and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Tuvia Reiber, born in Bilgoraj, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bilgoraj, Lwow, Kuybyshev, Stalinabad, Stettin and other places His childhood in a religious family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; air-raids; burning of most of [the homes of] Bilgoraj; his father's insistence on escape to the Soviet area; move to Lwow; life in Lwow for approximately one year; his father's illness; move to a village in the Soviet Union; move to Kuybyshev; move to Stalinabad; draft of his father into the Red Army; life in Stalinabad as the sole Jewish family, including hunger and work. Move back to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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