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Testimony of Agi Ilana (Iozef) Hershkovitz, born in Sighet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz and Rechlin

Testimony

Testimony of Agi Ilana (Iozef) Hershkovitz, born in Sighet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Sighet Ghetto, Auschwitz and Rechlin From a large religious family; witness' family owns a butcher shop; Jewish studies. Annexation to Hungary; German occupation; establishment of the Sighet ghetto; concentration of the Jews in the Great Synagogue; drafting of her brothers into the Hungarian Army; deportation on a freight train to Auschwitz; selection and separation from her family; camp life including help with food from a female relative assigned to the Canada camp; labor digging pits; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Multiple Languages

Protest appeals of organizations and social groups in Bulgaria opposed to the proposal of the Law for Protection of the Nation

Protest appeals of organizations and social groups in Bulgaria opposed to the proposal of the Law for Protection of the Nation - Appeals to the Bulgarian Parliament from the Bulgarian Church and various organizations including the Writers' Association, the Bar Association in Vidin and in Sofia, the Physicians' Association, and the Association of Disabled Veterans, late 1940; - Protest telegrams sent from Plovdiv by students, craftsmen and tobacco workers, November 1940; - Proclamations and clippings from the "Rabotnichesko Delo" newspaper published by the Communist Party.

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Telegram, Manifesto

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Elise Avrahami, born in Ruse, Bulgaria in 1915, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Kustendil

Testimony

Testimony of Elise Avrahami, born in Ruse, Bulgaria in 1915, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Kustendil From a family of rabbis (her grandfather was the Head of the Rabbinical Court of Law in Ruse); studies in a German school; pharmacy studies in Strasburg; aliya to Eretz Israel; move back to Ruse; move to Sofia; marriage; Deportation of Jews who do not possess Bulgarian citizenship, 1939; ban on listening to radio broadcasts; ban on travel by bicycle; rumors regarding the deportation of the Jews of Sofia; escape to Kustendil with help from a Bulgarian physician; her father works as a physician in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew