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The testimony of Liza Lotte Lily (Weiner) Bruml, born in 1923 in Trutnov, , Czechoslovakia - regarding her childhood in Trutnov and in the Theresienstadt Ghetto.

The testimony of Liza Lotte Lily (Weiner) Bruml, born in 1923 in Trutnov, Czechoslovakia. Childhood in Trutnov; escaping with family members before the annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany in 1938; moved to the area of the border with the Czechoslovakia; life on a relative's farm for a few weeks; move to Prague; the German occupation; her brother's illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1939; life under the Nazi regime; restrictions imposed on the Jews; deportation of the parents and the grandmother to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in 1942; death of her grandmother; life in the ghetto; parents’ labor in a...

File Number : 13502

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Ruth (Steckelmacher) Federman, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Prague until 1940

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Steckelmacher) Federman, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Prague until 1940 Family background and childhood in Prague; attends a local elementary school and a science high school in Prague; Blau-Weiss youth group membership. German occupation; worsening treatment of Jews by the Nazi regime; expulsion from school; being forced to change her name to "Sara". Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940; receiving information about fate of her mother and her brother.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Schneider, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 and in the British Army

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Schneider, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 and in the British Army Life before the war; activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss, the Chancellor of Austria, by Nazis, 1934; establishment of soup kitchens; confiscation of his father's workshops by Sturmabteilung, SA members and the police. Annexation of Austria to Germany, March 1938; cleaning of walls and streets by Jews; deportation of the Jewish intellectuals to Dachau; Kristallnacht; burning of synagogues; detention of his father and a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shulamit Miti Shula (Heller) Natan, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Cernauti, Transnistria and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Shulamit Miti Shula (Heller) Natan, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Cernauti, Transnistria and the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto Life before the war; from a well-to-do traditional family; Blau Weiss activities. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Transnistria; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; ghetto life in an abandoned military camp; deportation of her parents to forced labor; her parents fall ill with typhus; her father's death; "Aktions" against Judenrat members; her mother finds a hiding place; murder of deportees; liberation by the Red Army. Good...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Josef Kraus Keren, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Subotica, Budapest, Kistarcsa, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Kraus Keren, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Subotica, Budapest, Kistarcsa, Auschwitz and other places Life in Subotica before the war; secular family with hardships; witness attends a state school; membership in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; membership in the Blau-Weiss movement. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; transfer to forced labor; escape to Budapest; life in Budapest including life in his uncle's home; detention; escape to Subotica; life in Subotica including detention; sentenced to detention for three years; life as a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Adler, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Croatia, Albania, Ferramonti Di Tarsi, Castel Di Sangro and in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Adler, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Croatia, Albania, Ferramonti Di Tarsi, Castel Di Sangro and in a forest Secular Zionist family; activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; life in Subotica until 1939; selling of their shoe factory and property, and conversion of the money into gold and jewelry, 1939. Outbreak of the war, 1941; escape to Croatia; escape to the south; detention by [men in] the "Brown Shirts" for a week; move by ship to an Italian camp in Albania; camp life for approximately six months; move by ships to Ferramonti Di Tarsi, Italy; life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Vera (Hubert) Gros, born in Velika Kikinda, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Leskovac, Beckerek, Senta, Szeged, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Vera (Hubert) Gros, born in Velika Kikinda, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Leskovac, Beckerek, Senta, Szeged, Auschwitz and other places Traditional family; her father owns a textile factory; move to Senta with her family, 1927; witness joins the Blau-Weiss movement; life in Leskovac including textile studies; riots, March 1941; closure of the school. Re-annexation to Hungary; registration of the Jews; transfer to the hall of a theater in Beckerek; life in the theater hall; escape to Senta; draft of young people from her family to labor battalions; German occupation, 19 March...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Villi Unger, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Brno and Prague until 1939

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Villi Unger, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Brno and Prague until 1939 Life before the war; the Jewish community; activities of the witness' father in the Mizrachi movement and the Jewish community; his brother's activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; membership in Maccabi Hatzair; burning of the Great Synagogue on Kristallnacht; his brother's aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938. German occupation; displays of antisemitism; restrictions and decrees; confiscation of family property; witness' Bar-Mitzvah celebration; receipt of a telegram from the Gestapo in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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