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Testimony of Aharon Lipitz, born in Plonsk, Poland in 1926, regarding his experiences in the ‎ghetto, in Auschwitz and Buna and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Lipitz, born in Plonsk, Poland in 1926, regarding his experiences in the ‎ghetto, in Auschwitz and Buna and other camps Family background; studying in a Polish school; life in Przyborowice; Polish refugees return from ‎Germany; outbreak of war; mistreatment of Jews in Plonsk; the Germans arrive and take over his ‎family’s farm and all of their possessions; burial of holy books; forced labor; deportation to the ‎Nowy Dwor Ghetto; transfer of his parents to the Plonsk Ghetto; trading in textiles with peasants; ‎Jewish possessions seized and looted; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau;...

File Number : 13660

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Postcards sent to Dascha Kleinman in the United States by her relative Genendla Guenbaum in Plonsk, 21 January 1941 and 19 April 1941, and letters of family members

Postcards sent to Dascha Kleinman in the United States by her relative Genendla Guenbaum in Plonsk, 21 January 1941 and 19 April 1941, and letters of family members Experiences of the Szainmen family; Dora (Szainman) Spilman, born in Plonsk, Poland, 1924; the parents Chana Ana Kleinman and David Szainman are relatives of Ben Gurion who helped numerous family members make aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya of the father’s siblings to Eretz Israel before the war; death of her mother during the birth of a baby girl and death of the baby girl during the birth; remarriage of her father; birth of a son; death of her...

File Number : 1793

Type of Material : Postcard, Certification, Telegram, Letter

Language : Polish, English

Testimony of Avram Abrahamov, born in Vidin, Bulgaria, 1923, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Pleven, and as a forced laborer in Pleven, Gigen and Krushovene

Testimony

Testimony of Avram Abrahamov, born in Vidin, Bulgaria, 1923, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Pleven, and as a forced laborer in Pleven, Gigen and Krushovene Family moves to Sofia, 1931; classes in an American dormitory near Sofia; completion of his studies, 1943. Deportation of the family to the ghetto [the Jewish neighborhood] within the boundaries of Sofia, May 1943; yellow badge; numerus clausus; deportation to Pleven; cancellation of deportation from Pleven and family life in Pleven; forced labor in the Pleven area, September 1943; drafted for forced labor in Gigen and Krushovene, March 1944;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit Jeti (Schwartz) Lebovicz, born in Bacau, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bacau

Testimony

Testimony of Judit Jeti (Schwartz) Lebovicz, born in Bacau, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in hiding in Bacau Activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; confiscation of the family's store. Deportation of the Jews to Transnistria; life in hiding in an apartment in Bacau until the end of the war; liberation by the Red Army. Rape attempt on her mother by a Red Army soldier, and her rescue; crosses the border into Transylvania in the Arad area; wanderings in Hungary, Austria and Italy; joins a "kibbutz" of the Gordonia movement; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus for one...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara (Avraham Israel) Shamli, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Vidin and Ferdinand

Testimony

Testimony of Klara (Avraham Israel) Shamli, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Vidin and Ferdinand Life before the war; displays of antisemitism in the school. Draft of her father to forced labor, 1941; drowning of her mother's family in the "Struma" ship; deportation of the witness' family to Vidin, May 1943; help from the Jewish community; move to Ferdinand due to fear of the spread of malaria disease; community activities; liberation by the Red Army, 09 September 1944. Return home; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946-1947; visit by David Ben-Gurion; aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Balag Bodenstein, born in Narol, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Narol, in hiding in villages in Poland and in the Orel area and Tashkent

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Balag Bodenstein, born in Narol, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Narol, in hiding in villages in Poland and in the Orel area and Tashkent Life before the war; witness learns in a "heder" and attends school; his sister makes aliya to Eretz Israel, 1935. German occupation; confiscation of food by Gestapo people with help from a rabbi; murder of Jews; escape and finds a hiding place in Polish villages; burning of Narol and desecration of synagogues; burning of a family member; Soviet occupation; escape on foot in the direction of the Bug River; escape on trains with other Jews...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Monik Yakubovitz, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Budzyn, Mielec and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Monik Yakubovitz, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, Budzyn, Mielec and other places Life before the war; witness learns in a "heder" and attends the Tarbut school. German occupation, 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions including wearing an armband; shearing of [beards of] elderly Jews; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; Warsaw Ghetto life including the death of Jews from hunger and their burial in a mass grave; his Bar Mitzvah in the ghetto; activities of the Jewish police; activities of workshops; Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB);...

File Number : 12893

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Zoltan Tandlich, born in Spisske Tomasovce, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in detention in Kezmarok, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Sachsenhausen

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Zoltan Tandlich, born in Spisske Tomasovce, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in detention in Kezmarok, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and Sachsenhausen Life before the war; Jewish community; his parents' deaths; illness and hospitalization. Yellow badge; deportation of the Jews to camps; escape of Jews to Hungary; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; detention in Kezmarok; life under arrest; rescue of Jews from deportation by a German sergeant; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Ravensbrueck; camp life including finding valuables in shoes; lice...

File Number : 12753

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Beatris Betty (Iulzari) Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1932, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria

Testimony

Testimony of Beatris Betty (Iulzari) Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1932, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria Childhood and family background; education; relations with the local population. Rescue from deportation from Sofia because the family had connections; her mother's illness; yellow badge; air-raid; family move to Zlatitsa; life using a false identity; liberation by the Red Army. Destruction of Sofia; aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption; marriage.

File Number : 12513

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Testimony

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...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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