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Testimony of Aharon Abramovitz, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1929, regarding his experiences in Sajmište, Albania; Bergen-Belsen; and the “lost train”

Testimony of Aharon Abramovitz, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1929, regarding his experiences in Sajmište, Albania; Bergen-Belsen; and the “lost train” Childhood in Pristina; life in the Jewish community; his mother’s death; moving to Zagreb to live with relatives; outbreak of war in April 1941; expulsion of foreign residents from Croatia; return to Pristina; entry of Germans and transfer of regime to Italian army; his father’s death; supporting himself; move to Berat, Albania, where the Jews of Pristina were exiled; entry of Germans in September 1943; return to Pristina; arrest by Germans and Muslim 21st...

File Number : 13730

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jozef Schwartz, born in Bekecs, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Mohacs Mesto, Lazarea, Kosice and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Jozef Schwartz, born in Bekecs, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Mohacs Mesto, Lazarea, Kosice and other places From an Orthodox family; Beitar and Hapoel Hamizrachi activities; learns in a yeshiva in Tokaj; drafted into a Hungarian Army labor battalion, October 1942; displays of antisemitism; transfer to the Yugoslavian border; transfer to Mohacs Mesto; identification of the Jewish soldiers with a yellow stripe, December 1942; sapper's course and course in building bridges; labor building bridges over the Danube river; transfer to Lazarea; forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Baruch Bernhard Milrom, born in Baden, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria and the sinking of the ship "Patria"

Testimony

Testimony of Baruch Bernhard Milrom, born in Baden, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria and the sinking of the ship "Patria" The family were originally from Poland; life before the Anschluss; relations with the local population. Anschluss; Kristallnacht; decrees; failed attempt to emigrate to the United States; escape of his father to Zagreb; joins aliya training; aliya attempt with Youth Aliya, 1941; detention by the British; transfer to the "Patria"; sinking of the ship; transfer to Atlit camp.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Natan Ginsberg, born in Tarnow, 1924, regarding his experiences in Tarnow and in the Mauthausen, Gusen, and Gunskirchen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Natan Ginsberg, born in Tarnow, 1924, regarding his experiences in Tarnow and in the Mauthausen, Gusen, and Gunskirchen camps Life before the war; entry of the Germans 07 September 1939; "Aktions"; rescued from an "Aktion", September 1942; work at refurbishing Jewish furniture for the Germans; labor cleaning; burning corpses; organizing furniture; planning an escape that did not succeed; deportation to Plaszow, February 1944; snow removal, leather work, and carpentry; transfer with thousands of people to Mauthausen, 08 August 1944; forced labor in the quarry; transfer to Gusen I and Gusen II;...

File Number : 11244

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes regarding investigations against Ustasha war criminals

Documentation of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes regarding investigations against Ustasha war criminals Two secret reports written by Kurt G. V. Fischer, the former political advisor of Prince Pavle [Paul?], a prisoner in Wolfsberg and sent to Ernst Bevin, the British Foreign Minister: !) "Political Snapshots from Axis-Occupied Yugoslavia"; 51 pages; 2) "General Report on Political Internees at 373 POW Camp, Wolfsberg, Austria", 52 pages; Included in the file: - Articles regarding Stepinac Alojz and regarding war crimes carried out by the Ustasha; - Orders disseminated...

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Research Article, Article, Legal Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, Serbian-Croatian

Testimony of Rachel (Adiges) Cohen, born in Pristina, 1927, regarding her experiences in Pristina, Barat, Semlin and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel (Adiges) Cohen, born in Pristina, 1927, regarding her experiences in Pristina, Barat, Zemlin and Bergen-Belsen camps The Jewish-Sephardi experience in Pristina; Jewish holidays, special foods and customs; friendly attitude of Moslem neighbors; community activities and mutual aid. Arrival of Jewish refugees from Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia; hosting a Czech refugee in their home; entry of the Germans and transfer of rule to the Italian Army, 1941; life under Italian rule; escape to Albania following warnings by the Italians, early 1943; move to Barat with most of the Jews of...

File Number : 10953

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Froim Chubotaru, born in 1933 in Iași, Romania, about his experiences as a boy in Iași, the Chernivtsi ghetto, Bershad, and an orphanage in Balta

Testimony

Testimony of Froim Chubotaru, born in 1933 in Iași, Romania, about his experiences as a boy in Iași, the Chernivtsi ghetto, Bershad, and an orphanage in Balta Life before the war, refugees from Poland; escaping to Chernivtsi; life under Soviet occupation in 1940; German-Romanian occupation ensues in summer of 1941; anti-Jewish legislation; ghettoization; deportation to Transnistria; forced to march to Bershad; life there; joins the resistance and the partisans; death penalties; placed in an orphanage in Balta in January 1944; liberated by Red Army forces in March 1944; back to Bershad; escapes to Iași in May...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew