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Testimony of Harry Sessler, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sofia Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Harry Sessler, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sofia Ghetto Life before the war; assimilated family. Outbreak of the war; anti-Jewish decrees including the termination of studies; deportation to the Sofia Ghetto; Sofia Ghetto life including confiscation of property; destruction of his parents' businesses; Zionist educational activities; help to needy people; establishment of a public kitchen; activities in the Beitar movement; deportation of Jews to outlying cities; absorption of Jews among the rural Bulgarian and Turkish population; opposition by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation regarding anti-Jewish congresses in Germany in 1944

Documentation regarding anti-Jewish congresses in Germany in 1944 - Documentation regarding a working meeting of the Judenreferenten (Jews Department) of German embassies in Europe, held in Krummhuebel during 03-04/04/1944: Conference plans: list of the participants and their places of work; protocol of the discussions, including anti-Jewish propaganda, possibilities for the distribution and the success of the anti-Jewish propaganda in Europe, and the attitude of the population toward the Jews in various countries; - Report regarding the preparations for an international anti-Jewish congress that is...

File Number : 117

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Protocol

Language : English, German

Testimony of Pnina Stein, born in Thessaloniki, 1933, regarding her experiences hiding in Athens and the surroundings

Testimony

Testimony of Pnina Stein, born in Thessaloniki, 1933, regarding her experiences hiding in Athens and the surrounding area Childhood and family background in Thessaloniki. Entry of the Germans, 1941; concentration of the Jews before their deportation to the East; escape of the family to Athens; hiding with a friend in a wine factory in Athens and in various villages in the Athens area; meeting Greek partisans in the forests; return to Athens; hiding in friends' house; escape on a fishing boat to Turkey. Positive attitude of the Turks; aliya to Eretz Israel; absorption difficulties.

File Number : 10112

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rivka Edit (Hendel) Vertheimer, born in Cluj, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Romania and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Rivka Edit (Hendel) Vertheimer, born in Cluj, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Romania and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Aliya of the witness and her family to Eretz Israel, 1924; life on a moshav; return of the family to Cluj, 1928; move to Turda, 1930; attends a school; antisemitic events. Arrival of refugees from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary; help to refugees; coordination of groups for aliya to Eretz Israel; departure for Eretz Israel from the port of Constanta, summer 1944; sinking of the "Mefkure" ship by the Germans and the drowning of the witness' sister and uncle; humane...

File Number : 8928

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rozalinda Kemin, born in Czernowitz, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in Czernowitz, Istanbul and Cyprus

Testimony

Testimony of Rozalinda Kemin, born in Czernowitz, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in Czernowitz, Istanbul and Cyprus Childhood in Czernowitz; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel. Life under the Soviet and German occupation; life in the ghetto from October 1941; bribing Romanians and exemption from the deportation to Transnistria; return home; unsuccessful attempt to leave Bucharest in order to board the ship, "Struma"; sets sail in the direction of Eretz Israel on a yacht purchased by several families, 13 August 1942; engine failure off the coast of Turkey; stay in a...

File Number : 7264

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew