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Testimony of Haim Rog Levy, born in Aleksandrow, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Aleksandrow, Malkinia, the Ural region and his aliya to Eretz Israel while in service in the Anders Army, 1943 Life before the war; membership in the Beitar movement. German occupation, 1939; fear of being informed on by the Volksdeutsche neighbors; deportation by train to the Lublin area; witness jumps off the train; escape in the direction of the Soviet Union; life in Malkinia with many refugees; crosses the border with permission from the Soviets; move to Bialystok with his family; volunteers for labor in mines...

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Testimony of Zvi Hirsh Ksienski, born in Jedrzejow, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Jedrzejow, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939, service in the British Army in Greece and in German captivity in Stalag 6 camp Life before the war; meets Menachem Begin; payment of bribery to Poles; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet, 1939. Enlists in the British Army, 1940; life during service in the British Army in Greece including being taken captive, 1941; life in Germany in Stalag 6 camp; transfer on a death march; liberation, February 1945. Return to Eretz Israel, 1945.

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Testimony of Yechiel Varkel, born in Dabrowica, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in hiding, a forest and with the partisans

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Testimony of Yechiel Varkel, born in Dabrowica, Poland, 1915, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in hiding, a forest and with the partisans Life before the war; attends a Yavne school; Beitar activities; meets Ze'ev Jabotinsky; aliya of her brother to Eretz Israel, 1931. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, 1941; deportation to the Sarny Ghetto; ghetto life including deportation to an open area and digging pits; shooting of Jews by the German soldiers and the Ukrainians; in hiding in a non-Jewish neighbors home; escape and hidden by a religious Christian; escape to a forest; joins...

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Testimony of Avraham Moshe Minkovski, born in Starachowice, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Strzelnica, Auschwitz and Buna-Monowitz

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Testimony of Avraham Moshe Minkovski, born in Starachowice, Poland, 1926, regarding his experiences in Strzelnica, Auschwitz and Buna-Monowitz From a traditional family; education; witness' brother's aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939. German occupation; life in the Starachowice Ghetto including yellow badge and typhus; transfer to Strzelnica; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; his father's death; transfer to Buna-Monowitz; death march; escape; arrest; liberation by the Red Army. Treatment by the Red Cross; move to Germany; move to Italy; meeting with Jewish Brigade soldiers and Bericha; aliya to Eretz Israel on...

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Testimony of Tzipora (Zilberman) Lelilnger, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Piatra Neamt Ghetto

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Testimony of Tzipora (Zilberman) Lelinger, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Piatra Neamt Ghetto Outbreak of the war, June 1941; German occupation; deportation of the Jews to the ghetto located in the Jewish school; Revisionist movement underground activities; liberation. Move to Germany; life in Foehrenwald DP camp; Irgun organization underground activities; move to Marseilles, 1948; aliya attempt on the ship, "Altalena", 1948; debarkation at the Kfar Vitkin shore, 20 June 1948; shelling of the ship by the IDF at the Tel Aviv shore; move to Netanya; help from a...

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Testimony of Pinkas Rosengarten, born in Nowy Sacz, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in Nowy Sacz, prisons in the Soviet Union and service in Iran as a military chaplain in Anders Army

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Testimony of Pinkas Rosengarten, born in Nowy Sacz, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in Nowy Sacz, prisons in the Soviet Union and service in Iran as a military chaplain in Anders Army Life before the war; education; ordination as a rabbi; move to Krakow; academic studies; return to Nowy Sacz; work as a teacher in a Tarbut high school; community life; establishment of a Hashomer Hadati chapter. German occupation; forced labor; escape to the Soviet Union; arrest on the charge of espionage; detention in various prisons; prison life including forced labor and illnesses; hospitalization; pardon after...

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Correspondence of Benjamin Arditti on political, social and historic issues, 1955-1964

Correspondence of Benjamin Arditti on political, social and historic issues, 1955-1964 Names of the institutions: Union Interparlementaire - Geneve; Jevreiska Obstina - Belgrad; Departement De l'instruction Publique - Geneve; World Jewish Congress; El Tiempo - Tel Aviv; Zionist Organization Executive; Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality; Jewish Agency; The Association of Jews from Vilna and Vicinity in Israel; Haaretz; Ministry of Welfare; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Herut movement; World Union of the Herut movement; Minister of Post; Minister of Agriculture; Minister of Finance; The Government...

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Testimony of Josef Szwarcman, born in Terespol Nad Bugiem, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Brzisc and detention in Siberia

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Testimony of Josef Szwarcman, born in Terespol Nad Bugiem, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Brzisc and detention in Siberia From an ultra-Orthodox family of Kotzk hasidim; learns in Talmud Torahs; learns in a yeshiva in Warsaw and receives ordination as a rabbi; joins Beitar. Outbreak of the war; meets Beitar personnel, among them Menachem Begin; move to Brzisc; refusal to work in a shoe factory; is informed on by an NKVD agent and exiled to Siberia; arrest on the charge of being a Zionist. Return to Poland, 1948; illness and care given by a Polish woman; marriage to the Polish woman; aliya...

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Parties Printed copy of the speech delivered by Menachem Begin regarding the ship, "Altelena", published by "Rak- Kach". Also in the file: - Appeal for a demonstration showing identification [with the leaders] after the failure of the revolt against the administration of the Wetzlar camp, 08 October 1947.

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Testimony of Zeev-Wolf Kachel, born in Brest-Litowsk, 1912, regarding his experiences in Gurs and in labor camps in southern France

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Testimony of Zeev-Wolf Kachel, born in Brest-Litowsk, 1912, regarding his experiences in Gurs and in labor camps in southern France Traditional Zionist home; engineering studies in Caen, 1930-1934; move to Paris, 1935. German occupation; escape to St. Florent; active smuggling Jews over border; arrest in Gurs; camp life until 1942; deportation to various labor camps in southern France, 1942; failed escape attempts; successful escape to Perpignan; life in city; escape to Barcelona; contact with Joint. Aliya to Eretz Israel, February 1944; life in Haifa; capture by Jordanians in Naharayim, May 1948;...

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