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File Number : 13451

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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

Testimony of Yehoshua Flusberg, born in 1926 in Dobrzyn Nad Drweca, Poland, about his experiences in the Mława ghetto; the Auschwitz, Stutthof, and Gottsdorf camps; etc.

Life before the war in parents' home; antisemitism; boycott of Jews in 1938; escaping from family home in September 1939; life in the Skepe camp; returning to home; synagogue encircled by Germans on Rosh Hashana; men rounded up in the market; deported to Prussia; deported Jews murdered and buried in a common grave; deportation order from town in November 1939; living with the family in Mława; selling cigarettes; ghetto sealed in 1942; assigned to forced labor; synagogue in Mława set ablaze; mother deported in the elders' transport; labor terminated and back to the ghetto on August 10, 1942; deportation to...

File Number : 13516

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Chava Eva (Hofman) Gesheid, born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary, 1930, regarding her experiences in Nagykanizsa, the Nagykanizsa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Grusenberg, on a death march and in other places German Army occupation [of Nagykanizsa], 1944; deportation to the [Nagykanizsa] Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944; transfer to Grusenberg, 1944; camp life including forced labor in industry and in an ammunitions factory; death march; liberation by the US Army in the Erfurt area, 1945. Return to Hungary, 1945; life in Budapest including aliya training with Hanoar Hatzioni, 1946;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ovadia Pitzton, born in 1926 in Thessaoloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Landsberg, and Dachau camps, and more

Testimony

Testimony of Ovadia Pitzton, born in 1926 in Thessaoloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Landsberg, and Dachau camps, and more Life before the war; antisemitism among the youth; German occupation begins in April 1941; trade relations with the Germans; issue of order to report to Freedom Square in 1942; the yellow star edict; food rationing; sealing off the Baron Hirsch residential area as a ghetto; receiving notice about impending deportation to Poland and a demand to convert propert into Polish złoty; life in Transport 109, the first transport to Auschwitz;...

File Number : 13529

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sofia Doczminer née Fried, born in 1924 in Berbesti, Romania, about her experiences in Berbesti, Budapest, the Hunsfeld camp, Auschwitz, and elsewhere

Testimony

Testimony of Sofia Doczminer née Fried, born in 1924 in Berbesti, Romania, about her experiences in Berbesti, Budapest, the Hunsfeld camp, Auschwitz, and elsewhere Life before the war; connection with the Satmar Hasidim; antisemitism in Romania escalates; activity of the Iran Guard movement in 1937; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1940; antisemitism escalates and Jews are placed under restrictions; father's business is transferred to Sighet in 1940; escaping to relatives in Budapest in 1943; escaping back to Berbesti in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; transfer with her three sisters to Hunsfeld; life...

File Number : 13453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nechemia Adlerman, born in Irena, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Irena, Poniatowa, Klemensow, Majdanek, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Nechemia Adlerman, born in Irena, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Irena, Poniatowa, Klemensow, Majdanek, Auschwitz and other places German Army occupation of Irena, 1939; forced labor with his sister unloading coal wagons at the railroad station; draft of his father into the Polish Army; his father is taken captive; his father's return, 1940; labor in a labor camp near the railroad station; deportation of his parents and two of his sisters to extermination camps, 1942; transfer to Poniatowa camp with his sister, 1942; transfer to Klemensow camp in the Zamosc district, 1943; camp life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Edith Dita (Polach) Kraus, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Edith Dita (Polach) Kraus, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps Camp life in Theresienstadt; transfer to Auschwitz; life in Auschwitz; transfer to other camps.

File Number : 13479

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Frieda (Kopolovikova) Polak, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Berehovo, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Malchow, Paris and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Frieda (Kopolovikova) Polak, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in Berehovo, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Malchow, Paris and other places Her childhood with her parents. Annexation of Berehovo by the Hungarian Army; life in Berehovo including restrictions on travel; termination of the studies; acts of abuse against the Jews; transfer to another apartment; German Army occupation of Berehovo, 1944; deportation to the Berehovo Ghetto; brick factory [?]; draft of young people to labor in the ghetto; collection of jewelry in buckets at the entrance to the ghetto; halt of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zisel Jablonski, born in Pabjanice, Poland in 1923, regarding her experiences in Pabjanice, while in hiding, in Auschwitz camp, and in Israel

Testimony of Zisel Jablonski, born in Pabjanice, Poland in 1923, regarding her experiences in Pabjanice, while in hiding, in Auschwitz camp, and in Israel Her childhood with her parents; outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation; in hiding; she is removed from the hiding place by her father and by a Jewish Polish policeman; deportation of women to Poznan; deportation to Auschwitz camp; selection; receipt of inmate no. 55444; Auschwitz camp life including hunger; acts of suicide by means of the electric fence; labor in the Union ammunitions factory; escape of a woman inmate; roll-call in order to view the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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