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Testimony of Carmela (Waldman) Krishaber, born in 1939, in Subotica, Yugoslavia - regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, and living under a false identity in a monastery and in Budapest

Testimony of Carmela (Waldman) Krishaber, born in 1939, in Subotica, Yugoslavia - regarding her experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, and living under a false identity in a monastery and in Budapest Life under Hungarian rule in 1941; German occupation in 1944; deportation to the Subotica Ghetto in 1944; life in the open ghetto and the mayor's warning about transport from the ghetto; escape with her mother to a Hungarian friend; hiding, and move into hiding at the home of a friend, Dr. Ivo Scherzer; joined there by her grandmother; she is moved by the ophthalmologist to a monastery in Subotica under a false...

File Number : 13690

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Svetozar Asherovitz Javosevic, born in Beograd, Yugoslavia, 1940, regarding his experiences in Beograd, Cacak and in hiding in Valjevo

Testimony

Testimony of Svetozar Asherovitz Javosevic, born in Beograd, Yugoslavia, 1940, regarding his experiences in Beograd, Cacak and in hiding in Valjevo Life with his family; his mother evades divorce; his mother's escape from Beograd to Cacak with two children while using forged documents. In hiding in the attic of a Serbian acquaintance; informed on; deportation of his mother to labor in Germany with her daughter who was born in 1938, while using a false identity; witness is abandoned at the entrance of a home; taken care of by [people from] the social welfare service; fostered by Serbian children's author,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian

Testimony of Tomas Hirshel, born in Kula, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kula, Szeged, Burgenland, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Tomas Hirshel, born in Kula, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kula, Szeged, Burgenland, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen His childhood in a well-to-do, secular family including attending a Serbian school and high school; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement. Outbreak of the war; German Army occupation of Kula, 1941; obtains forged documents; move to Szeged, 1942; draft of the men to forced labor; labor building an airfield and repairing railroad tracks in a military camp, 1943; hospitalization due to an injury; approach of the Red Army; transfer to Austria on foot; arrival to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Volf Yeger, born in Rona, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rona, Budapest, Szentkiralyszabadja, in hiding and in Bucharest and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Volf Yeger, born in Rona, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rona, Budapest, Szentkiralyszabadja, in hiding and in Bucharest and other places Draft into the Romanian Army and service in the army after unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel; Hungarian Army occupation of Rona; release [from the military]; escape to Budapest, 1940; draft to labor battalions in Budapest, 1944; forced labor building an airfield in Szentkiralyszabadja, 1944; transfer with a labor battalion to forced labor in a copper mine in Serbia, 1944; acts of abuse by Hungarian soldiers; contact with...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gitel Gita (Fruchter) Kind, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and a camp in Germany

Testimony

Testimony of Gitel Gita (Fruchter) Kind, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz and a camp in Germany From a well-to-do, Zionist family; attends a vocational commercial school in Satu Mare; her parents' deaths, 1938. Outbreak of the war; drafting of her four brothers to a labor camp; deportation to the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; selection; camp life including transfer to the Children's Block; transfer to a camp in Germany; camp life including labor in an aircraft parts factory; attitude of the Serbian POWs to the inmates; liberation by the Red Army. Return...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Vladislav Honig, born in Sombor, Yugoslavia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Sombor, Baya, Auschwitz, Wuestegirsdorf camp, Gross Rosen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Vladislav Honig, born in Sombor, Yugoslavia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Sombor, Baya, Auschwitz, Wuestegirsdorf camp, Gross Rosen and other places Life in Sombor. Annexation to Hungary, April 1941; hanging of Jews in the square; deportation of mature men to labor battalions in Ukraine; deportation of youth to labor cleaning streets; odd jobs and difficulties earning a livelihood; hears rumors about the events in Poland; German occupation, March 1944; arrest of his grandfather; concentration of the Jews in the Backa Topola area; separation between men and women; deportation on a...

File Number : 13150

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliahu Eli Visman, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, the Bacsalmas Ghetto, Auschwitz and Trzebinia

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Eli Visman, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Subotica Ghetto, the Bacsalmas Ghetto, Auschwitz and Trzebinia Life before the war; Zionist activities. Annexation to Hungary, 1941; anti-Jewish legislation; refugees escape from the German occupied areas; help to refugees; capture and abuse of his father and the melamed (religious studies teacher); release of his father; drafted to forced labor, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; yellow badge; deportation to a ghetto; ghetto life and confiscation of property; deportation to the Bacsalmas Ghetto; ghetto...

File Number : 13071

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gedalia Keshet, born in Edineti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in Edineti, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski and other places, and his aliya to Eretz Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Gedalia Keshet, born in Edineti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in Edineti, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski and other places, and his aliya to Eretz Israel Life before the war. Red Army retreat; German occupation; robbery of Jewish homes by local residents; forcing families to go down to the cellar and shooting them; murder of his mother; escape and finding a hiding place in the home of non-Jewish neighbors; he is informed on and arrested; escape from the police station; finds a hiding place in the home of a non-Jewish woman; deportation to Atachi under police guard;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Alador Vilian, born in Backo Gradiste, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Gradiste, Croatia, Budapest, the Szeged Ghetto and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Alador Vilian, born in Backo Gradiste, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Gradiste, Croatia, Budapest, the Szeged Ghetto and other places Life before the war; Orthodox religious family; relations with the Serbian population; activities in the Beitar movement. Draft of his older brother into the Yugoslavian Army, 1939; his brother is taken captive by the Germans; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; deportation to Croatia; life in Croatia including sleeping in forests; escape to Serbia; receives a family's home and belongings from Serbian neighbors; murder of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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