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Testimony of Shmuel Ervin Steier, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1939, regarding his experiences in Debrecen, the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Wien and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Ervin Steier, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1939, regarding his experiences in Debrecen, the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Wien and other places His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family. Draft of his father to a labor battalion Ukraine, apparently in 1941; his father's return after being injured; life until 1944; German Army occupation of Debrecen, 1944; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; transfer to a brick factory, one month later; deportation on a train; change of the direction of the travel midway en route; transfer to Budapest; transfer on the same train to Strasshof, 30 June...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hava (Nusbaum) Holtzman, born in Vienna, Austria, 1923, regarding her experiences in Vienna until 1938

Testimony

Testimony of Hava (Nusbaum) Holtzman, born in Vienna, Austria, 1923, regarding her experiences in Vienna until 1938 Life before the annexation to Germany; activities of her father in the Beitar movement. Nazi rise to power in Germany; displays of antisemitism before the war; annexation to Germany (Anschluss), 1938; activities in the Maccabi Hatzair movement; registration for aliya to Eretz Israel; move to Trieste by train; aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children, 1938; absorption on kibbutzim.

File Number : 13113

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hava Eva (Rutkai) Ungar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Szeged, Strasshof and the Floridsdorf Wien camp

Testimony

Testimony of Hava Eva (Rutkai) Ungar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding her experiences as a child in Szeged, Strasshof and the Floridsdorf Wien camp Life before the war; life in Szeged in an orphanage; attends a government school; ostracism by the Jewish children. Concentration of the Jewish children in a roof tile factory, March 1944; deportation to Vienna by train; life in Vienna; help from the Jewish community and the Joint Distribution Committee; deportation to Strasshof; camp life; guarding of the camp by Ukrainian guards and German guards; transfer by truck to Vienna; transfer to a paint...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Herman Zwi Einhoren, born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army; Hodmezovasarhely, Veszprem, Szeged and Eberau

Testimony

Testimony of Herman Zwi Einhoren, born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences in the Hungarian Army; Hodmezovasarhely, Veszprem, Szeged and Eberau Childhood in a religious family; work in agriculture; Hapoel Hamizrachi activities. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1939; drafted into the army; combat in Romania; release from the army, October 1944; illness; hospitalization; deportation to the Hodmezovasarhely labor camp; transfer to Veszprem; camp life including constructing a shooting range; transfer to Szeged; camp life including labor in German Army food warehouses and as a barber for the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter sent by Theo, a Nazi soldier serving in the Austrian Army in Klagenfurt expressing his apprehension regarding his future after discovering that he is of Jewish origin, 04 April 1938

Letter sent by Theo, a Nazi soldier serving in the Austrian Army in Klagenfurt expressing his apprehension regarding his future after discovering that he is of Jewish origin, 04 April 1938 Shock at the Jewish origin of two of his grandparents; examination of the possibilities facing him; conclusion that he has no future in the army, in a governmental position or in his profession as a musician and theater person; sending of the letter apparently to his retired brother who does not have these concerns, [Note:] The letter was discovered by the submitter of the material, Andrew Certner, after he was...

File Number : 757

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

Testimony

Testimony of Niza Ganor, born in Rawa-Ruska, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Rawa Ruska Ghetto, using a false identity in Austria, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrueck, Neustadt Glewe camp and other places Education in Lvov until July 1941. German occupation; life in the Rawa-Ruska Ghetto including labor as a cleaning woman in a German office, 28 July 1941-June 1942; life in Austria using a false identity as a Ukrainian woman including work taking care of the children of an SS man, June 1942-January 1944; detention in a prison in Leoben, 04 January 1944-07 March 1944; discovery by an...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tadeusz Wiatr, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Rzeszow, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences rescuing Jews in Rzeszow

Testimony

Testimony of Tadeusz Wiatr, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Rzeszow, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences rescuing Jews in Rzeszow Life before the war. German occupation, June 1941; riots; rescuing Jewish families; obtains forged documents; hiding Jews; obtains weapons from Austrian soldiers and passing them to a group of Jewish youths; liberation. Life after the war including manhunts by antisemites; recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations.

File Number : 2981

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Rachel Shemer, born in Budapest, Hungary, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto and rescue by an Austrian Christian

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Shemer, born in Budapest, Hungary, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto and rescue by an Austrian Christian Life before the war; placed in an orphanage in Budapest. German occupation, March 1944; move to the family home; rescue by an Austrian Christian; life in the Budapest Ghetto; liberation by the Red Army, 18 January 1945. Life in a Bnei Akiva institution; aliya training ; aliya to Eretz Israel via Slovakia, Austria and Italy.

File Number : 5398

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Endre Hoffmann, born in Szombathely, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Kőszeg, in the Carpathian-Ruthenia area, in Sopron and Jennersdorf camps and more

Testimony of Endre Hoffmann, born in Szombathely, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Kőszeg, in the Carpathian-Ruthenia area, in Sopron and Jennersdorf camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Kőszeg, 05 October 1942; life in various locations in Hungary in the Carpathian-Ruthenia area and on the border of the Galicia area; labor in constructing railroad tracks and in digging; hostile attitude of the guards, who were Hungarian soldiers; abuse by the commanders, Béla Biró, György Klespitz and Lukács Éder; retreat with the battalion towards Hungary and...

File Number : 1822

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Shlomo Feldel, born in Dębna, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Dębna, Sieniawa, Rava Russkaya, Talmenka, Barnaul, Berlin, Saarburg and more

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Feldel, born in Dębna, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Dębna, Sieniawa, Rava Russkaya, Talmenka, Barnaul, Berlin, Saarburg and more Childhood in a religious family in Dębna in a favorable economic situation. German occupation, 1939; receiving warnings from Austrian soldiers; entry of German soldiers; abuse of Jews; deportation of Jews; deportation to Sieniawa; escape to the Soviet side to USSR; transfer to Rava Russkaya; transfer by freight train to the Siberian region; death of his parents from starvation; work in deforestation and timber factory in Talmenka; detention for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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