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Testimony of Sara Shuster Tolchinski, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1925 regarding her escape to the Soviet Union

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; Outbreak of the war; arrival of Jewish refugees; mutual assistance; riots against the Jews, 1941; escape to the Soviet Union with the retreating Red Army; drafting of her father and brother to labor camps; move to Korosten; assistance from the Soviets; move to Kazakhstan; work; Rebuilding life; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1957.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Soviet Identity Card of Frida Aleksandra Tager, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1913, issued on 26 May 1941, and documents of Mordchai Varushkin Tager, born in Rēzekne, Latvia, 1939, proving his baptism as a child and adoption by Ulita Varushkina, 1941-1952 The file includes: - Baptism Certificate (Latvian original with notarized translations into Russian and English) attesting to the fact that the priest of the Rēčenas Old Believers Parish, Rēzekne District, baptized in his church a Jewish boy, two years of age and named Foka, who was brought to him by Ulita Varushkina, a resident of Bekši, who presented the...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Identity Card

Language : English, Russian, Latvian

Testimony of Itzhack Lehrer, born in Roman, Romania in 1926, regarding his experiences in Roman and in a camp in a forest

Testimony of Itzhack Lehrer, born in Roman, Romania in 1926, regarding his experiences in Roman and in a camp in a forest Life before the war; traditional family; his father was born in Germany; residence in a non-Jewish neighborhood; good relations with the non-Jews; Outbreak of the war; deportation to forced labor as a gardener in the municipality and forced labor at a sugar factory, 1942; transfer to labor, logging trees in a forest, 1943; life in a camp near the forest; attitude of the camp commander (a Russian spy); liberation, August 1944; Activities in the Gordonia movement; opening of a branch...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

File Number : 13308

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Roza Reizl (Meltzer) Vineboim, born in Wilno, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Novosibirsk area, in Stalinsk and Novosibirsk

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Roza Reizl (Meltzer) Vineboim, born in Wilno, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Novosibirsk area, in Stalinsk and Novosibirsk Life as a child in Dokszyce and Paraf Janowo, Poland; Soviet occupation, 1939; life under the Soviet regime; Komsomol Communist youth activities. Outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; escape with a female friend and with her aunt's family to beyond the Soviet border, September 1941; journey to Siberia by train for about a month; life with her uncle's family and studies in a kolkhoz in the Novosibirsk area, 1941; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Israel Srulik Shifron Piernikow, born in Mir, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Mir Ghetto, in the forests in the Mir area and in the camp of the Bielski brothers in the Naliboki forest

Testimony

Testimony of Israel Srulik Shifron Piernikow, born in Mir, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Mir Ghetto, in the forests in the Mir area and in the Bielski brothers' camp in the Naliboki forest Childhood in Mir; Hashomer Hatzair activities; rise in antisemitism, from 1937. Occupation of Mir by the Red Army, 1939; cessation of Zionist activity; arrival of refugees to Mir; German occupation of Mir, June 1941; burning of most of the homes in Mir; life together with other families in a wood storage shed; being informed on; murder of about 200 Jews accused of Communist activity; life under the...

File Number : 13274

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaya (Barmapov) Beilin, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Daugavpils, Ural, Chelyabinsk and Dvinsk

Testimony

Testimony of Chaya (Barmapov) Beilin, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Daugavpils, Ural, Chelyabinsk and Dvinsk Life in Daugavpils under Soviet occupation, 1940; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; escape to Belorussia; life in the Pierva Maya kolkhoz in the Ural area including labor, 1941; draft of her father into the Red Army, 1941; draft of her brother into the Red Army, 1941; life in a Sovkhoz near Chelyabinsk, 1942. Life in Dvinsk after the war, 1945; aliya to Israel, 1966.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Langer) Reiber, born in Sarny, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sarny, an orphanage in Uzbekistan and in Stettin

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Langer) Reiber, born in Sarny, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sarny, an orphanage in Uzbekistan and in Stettin Her childhood; placed in a Jewish orphanage in Sarny along with her sisters; life in Sarny including beatings, until summer 1941. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; escape of the orphanage staff; announcement by the Soviets regarding the departure of a last train; move with the girls and her two sisters via Ukraine and the Soviet Union until arrival to Uzbekistan; life in a large orphanage established in a forest, including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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