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Testimony of Elisha Roshkin, born in 1936 in Zdzieciol, Poland, about his experiences as a boy in the Zdzieciol ghetto, in hiding in a bunker, and with the partisans in the forests until 1944

Life before the war; parents belong to the Hashomer Hatzair movement; German occupation ensues in June 1941; establishment of the ghetto; attempts to go into hiding with non-Jewish acquaintances; Aktion and murder of grandparents and sister in a killing trench; aunt escapes from the trench; building a bunker under the house for seventy people; father's relations with non-Jews and acquisition of weapons from them; father and uncles escape to the forests in March 1942; joining a Soviet partisan unit near the Niemen River; father murdered by a non-Jewsh villager; German manhunts in the forests; sustains a head...

File Number : 13521

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Yerachmiel Cymerman, born in Chocienczyce, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Chocienczyce, the Chocienczyce Ghetto, in forests, Radoszkowice and in the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Yerachmiel Cymerman, born in Chocienczyce, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Chocienczyce, the Chocienczyce Ghetto, in forests, Radoszkowice and in the Red Army Red Army occupation of Chocienczyce; life under Soviet rule, 1939; German Army occupation [of Chocienczyce], 1941; deportation to the Chocienczyce Ghetto; Chocienczyce Ghetto life including forced labor under the supervision of Polish Gendarmerie men and Ukrainian Militia men; escape to forests near Chocienczyce with his family members, 1942; help from non-Jewish villagers with the supply of food and a place to hide;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Kaplan, born in Holszany, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences in Holszany, the Oszmiana Ghetto, Zezmary, the Kaunas Ghetto, in hiding in a forest and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Kaplan, born in Holszany, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences in Holszany, the Oszmiana Ghetto, Zezmary, the Kaunas Ghetto, in hiding in a forest and in other places German Army occupation of Holszany, 1941; deportation to the Holszany Ghetto; establishment of a Judenrat headed by the rabbi; capture of people for labor; construction of hiding places in the ghetto; transfer to the Oszmiana Ghetto; liquidation of the Oszmiana Ghetto; deportation to Zezmary camp; camp life including labor paving roads; transfer to the Kaunas Ghetto; his parents volunteer for labor logging trees in...

File Number : 13487

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Meir Rudner, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1928, regarding the extermination of the Oszmiana community and his experiences in camps in Lithuania and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Rudner, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1928, regarding the extermination of the Oszmiana community and his experiences in camps in Lithuania and other camps Soviet occupation, September 1939; German occupation and murder of 150 Jews; "Aktion" and murder of his father in a killing pit, July 1941; deportation to the Oszmiana Ghetto, September 1941; smuggling food from the villages; "Aktion" of the elderly; liquidation of the ghetto, March 1943; murder of the remnants of the community in Ponary; meeting his sister in Mielegiany camp; infrastructure labor in Ponewesch, Elley-Meiten 1 and Jonishki...

File Number : 13361

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sima (Sosinski) Szlachtman, born in Dolhinow, Poland, 1935, regarding her experiences in the Wilejka Ghetto, the forest and in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Sima (Sosinski) Szlachtman, born in Dolhinow, Poland, 1935, regarding her experiences in the Wilejka Ghetto, the forest and in the Soviet Union Aliya to Israel, 1960.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pnina Tzemarion (Kagan Pesia), born in 1927 in Niemenczyn, Poland, about life in hiding with her family in farmers' homes in 1941–1944

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Tzemarion (Kagan Pesia), born in 1927 in Niemenczyn, Poland, about life in hiding with her family in farmers' homes in 1941–1944 The family; father's death; mother and daughters adopted by father's brother; German occupation ensues in June 1941, including rumors about murders; escaping from home at night due to information from neighbors about intention to eradicate the community; eradication of communities in the Wilno area; hiding with non-Jews for brief periods of time; seeking a hiding place on the Lithuania-Belorussia border; moving to the ghetto in Kiemieliszki, Belorussia; mother is...

File Number : 13455

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Pinchas Pinchik Boldo, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Nowogrodek Ghetto, the family camp of the Bielski brothers in the Lida forests, Nowogrodek, Naliboki and other places Life before the war in Lubcza; Revisionist family; attends the Hebrew high school in Vilna. Soviet occupation; escape with the family to Nowogrodek, 1939; life in Nowogrodek; threats of exile; German occupation, 1941; murder of the community leaders in the plaza; ghetto borders are defined; ghetto life; labor in a sawmill; escape with the family to her mother's family in Izwa; life in...

File Number : 13053

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 67, 29/08/1941 Part 1 - Political events: Biographical information regarding Paul Collette, perpetrator of the terrorist attack against Pierre Laval and Marcel Déat, members of the Vichy Government; Part 2 - Reports of the Einsatzgruppen: Einsatzgruppe z.b.V: Presence in the former Soviet-Polish territory; acts of murder and detentions by the Einsatzgruppe; continuing underground activity...

File Number : 164.67

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Testimony of Yitzhak Eliashiv, born in Lodz, Poland, 1945, regarding his family's experiences in Zhetl, a forest and the circumstances relating to his birth

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Eliashiv, born in Lodz, Poland, 1945, regarding his family's experiences in Zhetl, a forest and the circumstances relating to his birth From a well-to-do family that owns an estate located between Slonim and Pinsk; his father is the manager of the estate and nearby villages. Soviet occupation; German occupation, 1941; deportation to Zhetl; escape of his family to a forest; family life in hiding in a pit; his father joins the partisans; liberation by the Red Army. Aliya to Eretz Israel; life in Eretz Israel including work as the head of the Azor Regional Council and Executive...

File Number : 12804

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 34, 26/07/1941 Section 1 - Political Events: Sabotage of railroad tracks in France; Section 2 - Reports of the Einsatzgruppen and their subunits including deployment, movements and activity; - The situation in Latvia: Issues regarding the ownership of abandoned farms; jurisdiction of the Ortskommandanten (local commander) in the economic sphere; strengthening the status of Lithuanian...

File Number : 163.34

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Survey Report

Language : German

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