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Testimony of Lea Erna Ernestina (Kupfer) Citron, born in Oradea, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Oradea, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lippstadt and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Lea Erna Ernestina (Kupfer) Citron, born in Oradea, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Oradea, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lippstadt and in hiding Life before the war; from a well-to-do, Orthodox, Zionist family. Her father is a high-ranking officer in the Hungarian Army; protection from deportation to the Oradea Ghetto because of her father's rank; her father's request to join the Jewish population; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including rescue by SS soldiers; transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including a connection with a person in charge of a block; labor in the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bezalel Mordovitz, born in Kolo, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Steineck, the Lodz Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchberg and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Bezalel Mordovitz, born in Kolo, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Steineck, the Lodz Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchberg and other places Life before the war. German occupation, 1940; decrees; deportation to Steineck; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto, 1943; detention in prison; transfer to Birkenau, 1943; transfer to Gruenberg; camp life and his role as the block elder; escape from Birkenau with his friend, 1944; death march to Gross-Rosen; transfer to Flossenbuerg; transfer to Dachau; transfer to Buchberg; life in a vacant military camp; liberation by the US Army, 01 May 1945. Move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yosef Gusman, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Birkenau; Dyhernfurth and Fuenfteichen

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Gusman, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Dyhernfurth and Fuenfteichen Life before the war; observing Shabbat and the religious holidays. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; move to Prague; education; deportation to Theresienstadt; arrest of his father; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Birkenau; camp life including medical experiments; transfer to Dyhernfurth; transfer to Fuenfteichen; meets his siblings; death march to Gross-Rosen; murder of his brother; camp life; death march in the direction of...

File Number : 12794

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Irene (Holander) Moskovich, born in Chust, Czechoslovkia, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Tacovo Ghetto, Auschwitz and Zittau camps

Testimony

Testimony of Irene (Holander) Moskovich, born in Chust, Czechoslovkia, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Tacovo Ghetto, Auschwitz and Zittau camps Move to Tacovo at a young age; life in Tacovo before the war; attitude to non-Jews; marriage and move to Budapest, 1940. Draft of her husband into the army; birth of her child; return to her parents in Tacovo; refuses offer to illegally cross the border to Budapest; deportation to the Tacovo Ghetto, May 1944; attitude of the Hungarian population toward the Jews; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from her baby; camp life; transfer to Zittau; camp life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Yaakov Evzen Hauptman Inon, born in Jovra, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau

Testimony

Testimony of Yaakov Evzen Hauptman Inon, born in Jovra, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary; restrictions on the Jews; deportation of his father to a labor camp; German occupation; additional restrictions including the yellow badge; deportation to the Uzhorod Ghetto; deportation to Birkenau; camp life including suicides of prisoners on the electric fence; death of Russian POWs; transfer on foot to Auschwitz and shooting of children and adults; camp life; German guards flee; liberation by the Red...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Malka (Bigel) Gantz, born in Leordina, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Leordina Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, at a forced labor camp in Germany and in the forests

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Malka (Bigel) Gantz, born in Leordina, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Leordina Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, a forced labor camp in Germany and forests From a traditional family; life before the war; education; Jewish community; life in various places in Romania; return to Leordina; relations with neighbors. Murder of relatives by Romanians; German occupation; decrees and abuse; synagogues are turned into warehouses; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue; hiding of valuables; deportation to the Leordina Ghetto; ghetto life including help from non-Jews in smuggling...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Herschkovitz, born in Zalaszentmihalyfa, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchenwald and Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Herschkovitz, born in Zalaszentmihalyfa, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchenwald and Theresienstadt Life before the war; move to Debrecen; community life; displays of antisemitism; attends public school and "heder"; arrival of refugees from Poland; anti-Jewish decrees; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; deportation to Birkenau; camp life including his parents' deaths; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life including air-raids on the camp; death march to Theresienstadt; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Hungary; search for relatives; move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea (Polak) Pasternak, born in Sacel, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Polak) Pasternak, born in Sacel, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck and other places Attends a Romanian school. Annexation to Hungary; expulsion from school, 1941; allocation of food coupons; decrees; German occupation, spring 1944; concentration of the Jews in the local synagogue; deportation to the Dragomiresti Ghetto; transfer to the train station in Bocicoiel; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life and forced labor digging trenches; horse bite injury; rescue by the block elder; forced labor knitting socks for the German Army;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shalom Pasternak, born in Seliste De Sus, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kassa, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shalom Pasternak, born in Seliste De Sus, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Kassa, the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and other places Religious family with many children; his father is a landowner and owns a flour mill; learns in a "heder" and a yeshiva. Annexation to Hungary, 1940; deportation to forced labor, 1941; transfer to Kassa; life in Kassau; return home; German occupation; decrees including forced to hand over money and gold to the authorities; concentration of the Jews in the synagogue; deportation to the Dragomiresti Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Rolf Loehr, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1923, regarding his experiences in Germany and various concentration camps, especially Auschwitz, 1933-1945

Memoirs of Rolf Loehr, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1923, regarding his experiences in Germany and various concentration camps, especially Auschwitz, 1933-1945 Pages 3 - 10: Letters from Karl Loehr, Berlin, to the leader of the department for prisoners of war and the authorities concerned in the Belsen process relating to the inquiry regarding the whereabouts of his son, Rolf Loehr, 15/11/1945 - 12/03/1946 (in German, English and Russian) Pages 11 - 20: Parental home and childhood in Hamburg an Berlin before 1933; Rolf Loehr's mother, Marie, maiden name Glueck, born as a Jew; his father, Karl, was a...

File Number : 4318

Type of Material : Letter(s), Testimony, Death Certificate, Correspondence

Language : English, Russian, German

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