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Testimony of Jehuda Greenwald, born in Bystre, Slovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bystre, Giraltovce, the Novaky camp, Banska Bystrica and more

Testimony

Testimony of Jehuda Greenwald, born in Bystre, Slovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bystre, Giraltovce, the Novaky camp, Banska Bystrica and more Childhood in Bystre. Deportation of all the Jews of Bystre to Auschwitz, 1942; his family remains in Bystre due to his father's definition as an essential worker; in hiding in forests with his family, 1942; rescue from deportation on a transport to Auschwitz with help from a priest; deportation of his family to the prison in Giraltovce after hiding in the village, 1943; rescue from deportation to an extermination camp due to the wounding of his mother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Mordehai (Miklos) Weis, born in 1932 in Budapest, about his experiences in Budapest, in a marked house, and in hiding with his sister under Red Cross protection and with the assistance of Raoul Wallenberg The immediate family; studies; the Jewish community; father and two brothers are conscripted into the labor service; brothers die; restrictions imposed; the numerus clausus; refugees from Poland; German forces occupy Hungary in March 1944; the yellow star edict; Jews sent to Auschwitz; entering house marked with Stars of David; living conditions including those in the apartments; religious life...

File Number : 13235

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pinchas Peter Grosman, born in Hejocsaba, Hungary, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, Miskolc camp, a labor battalion and Komarom camp

Testimony

Testimony of Pinchas Peter Grosman, born in Hejocsaba, Hungary, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, Miskolc camp, a labor battalion and Komarom camp Life before the war; education in Miskolc; education in Budapest. Restrictions on the Jews and numerus clausus; deportation of his father to a labor battalion; Hungarian gendermes activities; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; deportation to Miskolc camp; deportation of the family to Auschwitz; death of her mother in camp; transfer to a labor battalion in Komarom; camp life; life with Wermacht soldiers;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Kandel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Budapest Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Kandel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Budapest Ghetto Life before the war; from a Neolog family; attends Jewish schools; numerus clausus; Deportation of his father to a labor battalion; disappearance of his father; meets refugees from Poland; German occupation, March 1944; imposition of restrictions on Jews including the yellow badge; confiscation of Jewish homes; concentration of Jews in marked houses (with a Star of David); rise to power of the Arrow Cross; murder of Jews in the Danube River; deportation of Jews including his mother to...

File Number : 13234

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Levi Moshkovitz, born in Orsowa, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in the Brustury forest, Kosice, Hodmezovasarhely, Novi Sad and Cop

Testimony

Testimony of Levi Moshkovitz, born in Orsowa, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in the Brustury forest, Kosice, Hodmezovasarhely, Novi Sad and Cop Life before the war. Annexation to Hungary, March 1939; nationalization of property and ban on ritual slaughter; learns in a yeshiva in Kosino; deportation of Jews to Galicia as foreign citizens and their murder; drafted into labor battalions; labor in the Brustury forest; camp life including religious life; transfer to Kosice; transfer to Hodmezovasarhely by freight train; Yom Kippur prayers on the train; forced labor digging...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Yulius Cohen, born in Aranos Na Zitnom Ostrove, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Komarno and on the Austro-Hungarian border and in Mauthausen Life before the war; education; move to Komarno; life in Komarno including Maccabi Hatzair and Beitar activities. Ban on youth movement activities; deportation to a labor battalion; life in the labor battalion including training and forced labor; flooding of the camp and damage to property; meets Jews on a march from Budapest to Austria; explosion in a railroad station and labor evacuating the injured;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Ari Polak, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in the Cernauti Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Ari Polak, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in the Cernauti Ghetto From a family of hasidim; life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Soviet occupation; life under Soviet occupation; Romanian and German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation of most of the community to Transnistria; permit to stay in Cernauti; deportation of his father to forced labor; ghetto life; transfer to a smaller apartment; mutual help; yellow badge; livelihood from trade in stolen goods; sends kosher food to his father; liberation by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Sando Cohen, born in Galati, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in the ghetto and in an orphanage in Galati

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Sando Cohen, born in Galati, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in the ghetto and in an orphanage in Galati From a traditional, financially secure family; life before the war. Confiscation of their home, 1939; deportation to a ghetto in the school, 1940; yellow badge; deportation of the men to forced labor; release of the Jews from the ghetto; resumption of studies; move to his grandmother, 1941; death of his mother, 1942; placed in an orphanage in Galati; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Joins the united Dror Habonim movement; move to a children's home in Gura Humorului;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yaakov Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Karnobat

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Karnobat Family background; attends a public school; move to a Hebrew school. Bulgaria joins the Axis powers; deportation of the Jews to outlying cities; deportation to Karnobat; life in Karnobat; family members are drafted to perform forced labor; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Sofia; membership in the Hechalutz movement; aliya, 1948; absorption.

File Number : 12514

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Livni, born in Sashalom, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Szolnok and in Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Livni, born in Sashalom, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Szolnok and in Mauthausen Traditional family; life before the war; education; membership in the Beitar youth movement. Restrictions on Jews including the dismissal of his father; draft of his father to forced labor; German occupation, March 1944; restriction on Jews including the yellow badge; drafted to forced labor; training; transfer to Szolnok; air-raids by the British; escape in a train to the Austrian border; move to Austria; forced labor under a German commander; life in Austria; deportation on...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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