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Testimony of Erzsebet (Klinger) Roth Cohen, born in Kosice Mesto, Slovakia in 1920, regarding her experiences in Cluj, while using a false identity in Eger, and in Savar, Auschwitz-Birkenau and other camps Life as a child in Vienna before the war; Escape to Kosice Mesto in 1939; re-annexation of Kosice Mesto to Hungary in 1938; attempt to deport her to Kamenets Podolski because she has Austrian citizenship; halting of that deportation, and deportation to the Ricse detention camp in 1941; release, several months later, because she marries; escape of her family members to Cluj in 1942; German occupation,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen Her childhood in an Orthodox religious family; receives a Jewish education privately. Outbreak of the war; hiding of their property in the home of neighbors; deportation to the Ungvar Ghetto; detention of her father; interrogation of her father; detention in a brick factory, for approximately five weeks; draft of young people to labor battalions in Ukraine; deportation on the first transport to Auschwitz; separation from her mother and her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marta (Goldberger) Cohen, born in Dolne Ostrokovice, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences in Dolne Ostrokovice, Novaky, a forest and in hiding in Dolne Ostrokovice

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Testimony of Marta (Goldberger) Cohen, born in Dolne Ostrokovice, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences in Dolne Ostrokovice, Novaky, a forest and in hiding in Dolne Ostrokovice Her childhood in the only [Jewish] family in Dolne Ostrokovice; attitude of the local population; life in Dolne Ostrokovice until 1943. Arrival of a foreign family in the context of the Aryanization; life at home in one room; deportation of her father to Novaky camp, July 1943; deportation to Novaky camp; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, late August 1944; release [of her father from the camp]; move back home;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Herman Ludvig Steiner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Hlohovec, Topolcany, in hiding, in Banska Bystrica and other places

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Testimony of Zvi Herman Ludvig Steiner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Hlohovec, Topolcany, in hiding, in Banska Bystrica and other places His childhood in Bratislava; displays of antisemitism, 1938. [Arrival of] Jewish refugees from Austria; his family's unsuccessful attempts to leave the country under Slovakian protection; decree regarding wearing a yellow badge, 1941; marking of Jewish homes; Aryanization of the family's book shop; closure of the Jewish school; deportation of his father to Auschwitz, summer 1942; escape with his mother and siblings;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Bok Barak, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica, in hiding in the Tatra Mountains and in Stare Hory

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Testimony of Shmuel Bok Barak, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Novaky, Banska Bystrica, in hiding in the Tatra Mountains and in Stare Hory His childhood with his family. Outbreak of the war in Topolcany; deportation to Novaky camp with his family; camp life including forced labor by his parents, 1942; transfer to Banska Bystrica, 1944; in hiding in the Tatra Mountains, with help from local partisans; liberation in Stare Hory, 1944. Move back to Topolcany; life after the war; aliya to Israel via Italy, on the "Medeks" ship, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Magda (Adler) Wieder, born in Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding her experiences in Nove Zamky, the Nove Zamky Ghetto, Auschwitz, Trautenau and Parschnitz

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Testimony of Magda (Adler) Wieder, born in Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding her experiences in Nove Zamky, the Nove Zamky Ghetto, Auschwitz, Trautenau and Parschnitz Her childhood in a traditional family. Annexation to Hungary, autumn 1938; German Army occupation of Nove Zamky, March 1944; deportation to the Nove Zamky Ghetto, May 1944; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; selection; escape to her mother's group; transfer to labor in Trautenau, August 1944; labor in an aircraft factory in Parschnitz; liberation, May 1945. Aliya to Israel, 1950.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tirza (Borkenfeld) Bargal, born in Lwow, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Sabinov and Eretz Israel

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Testimony of Tirza (Borkenfeld) Bargal, born in Lwow, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Sabinov and Eretz Israel Her father's position as a physician and Zionist activist; her family's move to Sabinov, 1926; Zionist gatherings in her family's home; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; receipt of a family certificate [to make aliya to Eretz Israel], March 1938. Giving of the family certificate to a family deported from the Sudetenland; joins aliya training for youth in preparation for aliya; giving of an exit visa to England to her parents, August 1939; prevention of her parents' alighting onto...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Asher Roth, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Sevlus, Budapest, Transylvania and in hiding

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Testimony of Asher Roth, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Sevlus, Budapest, Transylvania and in hiding His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family. Life under Hungarian occupation including the removal of Jews from schools, 1939; ban on kosher ritual slaughter, and acts of abuse by Hungarian gendarmes; beating to death of an Admor [rabbi]; move to Budapest with his brother, 1942; German Army occupation of Budapest; deportation to forced labor in the clearing of rubble; loss of contact with his family; labor for the Germans digging trenches against air-raids; transfer...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shraga Kalush, born in Nizni Vyznice, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Podhorjany Ghetto, Auschwitz, Erlenbusch, Flossenbuerg, Bergen-Belsen and more

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Testimony of Shraga Kalush, born in Nizni Vyznice, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Podhorjany Ghetto, Auschwitz, Erlenbusch, Flossenbuerg, Bergen-Belsen and more Life in the Podhorjany Ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz; life in the camp; transfer to Erlenbusch; life in the camp; transfer to Flossenbuerg; life in the camp; transfer to Crawinkel; life in the camp; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; life in the camp; transfer to Landsberg, life in Landsberg; transfer to Fohrenwald; life in Fohrenwald.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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