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Testimony of Genia (Nistenpover) Hermon, born in Pultusk, Poland, 1929 regarding the deportation of her family to Bialystok, USSR, and life in Berezniki, Ural

Testimony

German occupation, 1939; the family's escape to a nearby town and return after a short time; deportation on foot by the Germans to the Soviet border and transfer to a refugee camp in Bialystok; deportation by the Soviet authorities to Adamova Gora near Berezniki, Ural; her parents working in construction; liberation following the outbreak of the Soviet-German war; move to Orsha, Belorussia, 1941; approach of the front; air-raids; escape to Uzbekistan, 1941; move to a kolkhoz to work in cotton picking for several months; move to Kassansay; studies in a Soviet school; Her return with the family after the end...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara (Libovitz) Bialik, born in Plunge, Lithuania in 1922, regarding her experiences in Klaipeda, in Latvia and Samarkand

Testimony of Sara (Libovitz) Bialik, born in Plunge, Lithuania in 1922, regarding her experiences in Klaipeda, in Latvia and Samarkand Her parents are dentists; studies in Klaipeda; her father visits Eretz Israel in 1938; outbreak of the war; visit by Hitler to Klaipeda, and the annexation of Klaipeda to Germany; escape to Lithuania; German occupation, 1941; escape to Latvia on the day of the invasion; murder of Jewish students at the university; air-raids on convoys of escapees; she gets onto the last train traveling toward the east; escape to Samarkand; her father's suicide attempt; detention of her...

File Number : 13619

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

Testimony of Yael Yola (Shapira) Eilat, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences in Przemysl, Lwow, Siberia, Tashkent, Teheran and more

Testimony

Testimony of Yael Yola (Shapira) Eilat, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences in Przemysl, Lwow, Siberia, Tashkent, Teheran and more From a well-to-do Zionist family; her childhood. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; transfer to Przemysl with her mother and brother; her father joins the family and his escape for a short time; confiscation of her aunt's house by the Gestapo; transfer to her grandfather and grandmother in Lwow; deportation to Siberia; transfer to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1942. Move to Samarkand; joins the refugees and move to Teheran with Anders Army; draft of her father...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lucia (Hertzler) Shahor, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Przemysl, in a camp in Tomsk and in Samarkand

Testimony

Testimony of Lucia (Hertzler) Shahor, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Przemysl, in a camp in Tomsk and in Samarkand Life before the war; traditional family. Outbreak of the war; air-raids on Przemysl; "Aktions" and murder of Jews; her family is hidden in a church during an "Aktion"; deportation of the Jews to the Soviet occupied area; refugees hide in empty homes; deportation to Tomsk with her family; camp life; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; release [from the camp]; escape to Samarkand; life in Samarkand; death of her parents...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Scheiner Shvartz, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Przemysl and Samarkand

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Scheiner Shvartz, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Przemysl and Samarkand Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; sealing of the border; deportation of his father to labor in Samarkand; transfer by train the Samarkand to follow his father; life in Samarkand; end of the war. Return to Poland; move to a DP camp in Germany; move to Brussels; life in Brussels; aliya to Israel with his family, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yisrael Montvilski Mei Tal, born in Druskieniki, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Siberia, Uzbekistan and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Yisrael Montvilski Mei Tal, born in Druskieniki, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Siberia, Uzbekistan and Tashkent Financially secure family. Life under Soviet occupation; confiscation of the family's shop and hiding goods in the courtyard; deportation by train to Siberia; labor of his father; attends a local school; release; move to Uzbekistan; life in a field and clay shed; transfer to Tashkent; attends school; illness of his mother; helps his father to reach his quota picking beets; owns an animal farm; deportation of his father to a labor camp; work on the farm;...

File Number : 12801

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tola (Meltzer) Baram, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, Kolno and Uzbekistan

Testimony

Testimony of Tola (Meltzer) Baram, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, Kolno and Uzbekistan Liberal, Zionist,traditional family; move to Pultusk; displays of antisemitism in school; marriage to Israel Baram, June 1939; move to Krasnosielc; life in Krasnosielc; economic boycott of Jewish owned shops. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape to Warsaw; escape in the direction of the Soviet Union, autumn 1939; reunion with her husband in Kolno, 11 November 1939; deportation to Uzbekistan; relations with the local population; help to an orphan girl; end of the war. Return...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Friedman, born in Balti, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Balti, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Friedman, born in Balti, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Balti, Ukraine and Uzbekistan Orphaned of his mother; life with his father; stepmother and grandmother in Balti; escape in the direction of Ukraine, 1941; his father's disappearance; wanderings with relatives; move to Uzbekistan; life in Uzbekistan until 1945; end of the war. Return to Poland; life on a kibbutz; move to Germany with Youth Aliyah; move to a DP camp in Germany with his relatives; move to Italy; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Jtzchak Sztajnhart, born in Warsaw, 1918, regarding his experiences in the training camp in Grochow, in Vilna, on the kibbutz at Schavli, and performing forced labor on a kolkhoz in Russia and in Uzbekistan Parents; economic circumstances; fate of each member of his family; activities in the Freihart movement; merger of Freihart with Hechalutz Hatzair; comparison of youth movements and information about prominent leaders in the Zionist movement before the war. Escape towards Kowel, and joining the training camp at Grochow with the outbreak of the war, 1939; being caught by the Red Army, and...

File Number : 10864

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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