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Testimony of Chana Hanka (Szklarczik) Prives, born in Krakow, Poland, 1926

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Testimony of Chana Hanka (Szklarczik) Prives, born in Krakow, Poland, 1926 Childhood. Memories of Krakow during the German occupation, 1939; nationalization of property; forced labor; closing of the school; abuse of the Jews; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1941; work; deportation to Plaszow, 1943; "Aktions"; "Aktion" against children; hanging of inmates and hunting of people [for sport] by Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow; transfer to Birkenau; transfer to Auschwitz; evacuation to Ravensbrueck on foot, winter 1945; transfer to Malchow; transfer to Leipzig; liberation by the Red Army. Aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chedva Valeria (Bradovka) Slomovits, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and a camp in Estonia

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Testimony of Chedva Valeria (Bradovka) Slomovits, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and a camp in Estonia From a Neolog family; attends a Jewish elementary school and a local high school; her mother's death; Beitar membership. German occupation, 1944; the street is turned into a ghetto; deportation by freight train to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection by Josef Mengele; camp life including labor at an airfield; transfer to a camp in Estonia; labor in an oil processing factory; help from the Estonian residents; transfer back to Auschwitz; German Army...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Anny (Ballek) Lohr, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Anny (Ballek) Lohr, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1917, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen From a traditional, Zionist family; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Patria"; return home due to illness. German occupation, 1939; deportation to Theresienstadt, autumn 1940; handing over of valuables; separation between men and women; camp life including labor in the laundry, performances and cultural life; transfer to Auschwitz; camp life; tattoo with number 73255; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Herman Grabinski, born in Krosniewice, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Roksman, Wittenberge, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen

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Testimony of Zvi Herman Grabinski, born in Krosniewice, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Roksman, Wittenberge, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gusen Zionist youth movement activities; displays of antisemitism before the war. Occupation of Poland; air-raids; pogroms against the Jews; executions by hanging; forced labor; "Aktions"; deportation to Roksman, November 1941; injury; treatment by a physician of Jewish origin; transfer to Wittenberge, February 1942; rebuilding the camp; Red Cross delegation; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1943; constructing the cellars in coal mines for potato storage and a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jafa (Marmur) Levi, born in Toplita, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Toplita Ghetto, Auschwitz and Malchow

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Testimony of Jafa (Marmur) Levi, born in Toplita, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Toplita Ghetto, Auschwitz and Malchow Life before the war; relations with the neighbors. Outbreak of the war; re-annexation to Hungary; anti-Jewish restrictions; receives help from Romanian neighbors; deportation to the Toplita Ghetto; Toplita Ghetto life; robbery of Jewish property by Hungarians; deportation of men to forced labor; deportation of young Jews to camps in Ukraine; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including receiving help and support from her older sister; meets female cousins, her uncle's...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvia Zeshe (Ioskovitz) Lishe, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Chorzow, the Zawiercie Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrueck

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Testimony of Zvia Zeshe (Ioskovitz) Lishe, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Chorzow, the Zawiercie Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrueck Life before the war; move to Chorzow with her family; life in Chorzow. Outbreak of the war; escape to Zawiercie; life in Zawiercie including confiscation of property by the Germans; deportation to forced labor; deportation to the Zawiercie Ghetto; ghetto life including Judenrat and Jewish police activities; plucking of Jewish men's beards; murder of Jews; armband and yellow badge; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Matla (Kleiner) Blander, born in Hrubieszow, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in Hrubieszow, Budzyn, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Thersienstadt

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Testimony of Matla (Kleiner) Blander, born in Hrubieszow, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in Hrubieszow, Budzyn, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Thersienstadt Life before the war; attends a Polish school and a Beit Yaacov school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; German occupation, 1941; air-raids by the German Army; life in Hrubieszow including escape of Jews to the Soviet Union; establishment of the Judenrat; Jewish police activities; deportation of the Jews by Ukrainians in uniform and hiding in an attic; another deportation and finding a hiding place in the Judenrat...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Berta (Fiksler) Lachmanovic, born in Holatin, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Holatin, the Panietovo Ghetto, Kosice, Auschwitz and other places

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Testimony of Berta (Fiksler) Lachmanovic, born in Holatin, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Holatin, the Panietovo Ghetto, Kosice, Auschwitz and other places From a well-to-do Orthodox family; learns in a "heder" and a local school until 1938; secret Beitar activities. Deportation to a synagogue, 1941; release from the synagogue because her father had been awarded the "World War I Hero" medal; deportation to the Panietovo Ghetto by train, 1944; deportation to Kosice; robbery of Jews on the train; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including separation from her mother; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eta Etus (Markovitz) Mendzitzki, born in Iedul, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Dragomiresti, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Budy, on a death march and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Eta Etus (Markovitz) Mendzitzki, born in Iedul, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Dragomiresti, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Budy, on a death march and Bergen-Belsen From a well-to-do religious Zionist family; her parents own a supermarket; death of her father; Bnei Akiva activities; attends a Romanian school. Annexation to Hungary, August 1940; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to Dragomiresti, the day after Pesach (16 April) 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, April 1944; camp life including the deaths of her mother and brother; typhus and transfer to the infirmary; rescue...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Friba (Sheratzki) Shulman, born in Lask, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Lask Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Neukoelln camp

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Testimony of Friba (Sheratzki) Shulman, born in Lask, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Lask Ghetto, the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Neukoelln camp Well-to-do family; orphaned of her father; elementary school; aliya of two brothers to Eretz Israel; helps her mother in their shop. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape and return home; deportation to the Lask Ghetto; ghetto life and putting diamonds in teeth; separation from her mother; transfer to the Lodz Ghetto, August 1942; ghetto life and the "Sperre”, curfew Aktion; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; transfer to Neukoelln, late winter 1944;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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