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Testimony of Helene (Raitzin) Stuart, born in Leipzig, Germany, 1927, regarding her experiences in Leipzig and Brighton

Testimony

Testimony of Helene (Raitzin) Stuart, born in Leipzig, Germany, 1927, regarding her experiences in Leipzig and Brighton Her childhood in Leipzig; life in Leipzig; help to her family from a furriers' organization to emigrate to Brighton, 1937. Life in Brighton including displays of antisemitism.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Iafa Sheindl (Maritzer) Argaman, born in Todiresti, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in Suceava and Mogilev-Podolski, and her aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children, 1944 Her childhood before the war. Outbreak of the war; move to Suceava; German occupation, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; murder of her father; deportation to Transnistria; death of her grandfather and grandmother; escape to Mogilev-Podolski; activities of the JDC organization and the Jewish Agency to organize the children for aliya to Eretz Israel; fostering of the children by families for a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aba Avi Moshkovic, born in Vatra Dornei, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences in Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski

Testimony

Testimony of Aba Avi Moshkovic, born in Vatra Dornei, Romania, 1937, regarding his experiences in Atachi and Mogilev-Podolski His parents have an attachment to Zionism and Eretz Israel; good relations with the Romanian neighbors. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Transnistria in a freight train; stop at Atachi; transfer on foot to Mogilev-Podolski; his family receives a room in Mogilev-Podolski; draft of his father to forced labor; hunger; lice; typhus epidemic; death of his mother due to typhus; his sister is fostered by a widow; return of his father, and his father's draft into the Red Army; his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zipora Piza (Peletz) Huberman, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Kamionka Ghetto and Peterswaldau

Testimony

Testimony of Zipora Piza (Peletz) Huberman, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Kamionka Ghetto and Peterswaldau Life before the war; Jewish community; attends a Beit Yaakov school; her father's activities in the Hamizrachi movement; youth movements; activities in Hashomer Hadati. German occupation, September 1939; burning of the synagogue; rescue of a Torah scroll by her grandfather; confiscation of property; armband; yellow badge; draft of Jews to labor in the construction of Auschwitz camp; activities in an aliya training "kibbutz"; establishment of a Judenrat; draft of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hanah (Rand) Gur, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transylvania and Mogilev camp

Testimony

Testimony of Hanah (Rand) Gur, born in Suceava, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Vatra Dornei, Transylvania and Mogilev camp Life in an Orthodox, religious family, supporters of art (theater, music); activities in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement; witness learns in a 'heder" and attends a Romanian school. Move to Vatra Dornei at the outbreak of the war; displays of antisemitism; decrees; yellow badge decree; deportation to Transylvania, October 1941; theft of Jewish homes by neighbors; hardships en route; crosses the Dniester River; entry into Mogilev camp; camp life; overcrowding,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Asher Veltzer, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Yampol, Bershad and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Asher Veltzer, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Yampol, Bershad and other places Life in Cernauti before the war; from a large family; Jewish education; attends a Romanian school; demonstrations against the Jews, 1933. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation, 1940; nationalization of factories and businesses; work in a factory; German occupation; air-raids on Cernauti, 1941; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge; murder of Jews by Romanians; information about the murder of Jews; meets refugees from Poland; meets Anders...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Renert Ronen, born In Vijnita, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti and the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Renert Ronen, born In Vijnita, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti and the Bershad Ghetto Displays of antisemitism; attends a high school in Tulcea. Escape to Cernauti due to fear of the fascist rule; life under Soviet rule; reoccupation by the Romanian Army, 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation on a freight train to Marculesti; death march until Bershad; Bershad Ghetto life; distribution of cooked food to orphans; coordination by the community, including the establishment of a kitchen for poor, needy people and study classes...

File Number : 13004

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters written by children to Marguerite Goldschmidt, the wife of the president of the Red Cross in Belgium, who transferred the children from an orphanage in Belgium to a children's home in the "La Hille" villa in France Comment: The illegal immigration of children to the United States or Switzerland was done by the Swiss Red Cross department for the rescue of children (Secours Suisse aux enfants) with the help of HICEM and Rabbi Ansbacher.

File Number : 1228

Language : French, German

Testimony of Yocheved Iakha (Rudawski) Bielostotzki, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Majdanek, Blizyn, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Yocheved Iakha (Rudawski) Bielostotzki, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, Majdanek, Blizyn, Auschwitz and other places From a traditional family; displays of antisemitism. German occupation, 1939; annexation to the Soviet Union, October 1939; school lessons in Russian; joins the Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union; German occupation, summer 1941; deportation to the Bialystok Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in a textile factory; her mother's death; deportation to Majdanek via Treblinka, August 1943; camp life including cleaning...

File Number : 12694

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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