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Memoirs of Matityahu Mati Rosen, born in Rozan, Poland, 1931, regarding the experiences of his family in Gaworowo, Rozan and Makow, and escape to the Soviet area

Memoirs of Matityahu Mati Rosen, born in Rozan, Poland, 1931, regarding the experiences of his family in Gaworowo, Rozan and Makow, and escape to the Soviet area Outbreak of the war and escape of the family to Gaworowo; occupation of Gaworowo and concentration of the Jews between the ages of 18 and 50 in the center of the city; deportation of his father to a camp with the Jews and Poles who had defended the city; release of his father from the detention camp thanks to a Polish Army uniform thrown to him by the Polish Army soldier (the Poles were released approximately two weeks later); invasion of the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8645

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

"Sovetskaya Latviya" (Soviet Latvia), an article published in a newspaper, regarding the oppression and liquidation of the local population in Riga

"Sovetskaya Latviya" (Soviet Latvia), an article published in a newspaper, regarding the oppression and liquidation of the local population in Riga Deportation of the Latvian residents to forced labor in Germany; forceful drafting of Latvian residents to the Latvian Legion; burning of Jews alive in the synagogue in Riga; murder of Jews in the Riga Ghetto; murder of inmates of the Riga prison in the Bikernieki forest; deaths of Soviet POWs in camps due to the living conditions and starvation.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 280

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Newspaper Clippings

results.listIds.lang : Russian

Testimony of a Jewish girl regarding the early days of the occupation of Bialystok, mass murders of Jews and her trip to Bielsko and back to the Bialystok Ghetto with her family

Testimony of a Jewish girl regarding the early days of the occupation of Bialystok, mass murders of Jews and her trip to Bielsko and back to the Bialystok Ghetto with her family Memories of an unknown eight year old Jewish girl after the German occupation of Bialystok in June 1941; mass arrests of Jewish men; release of her father from detention; entry of the Germans into the courtyard of their building a short time afterwards; taking of the men by the Germans and random shooting of whomever they found in the building; taking of her baby sister and her sibling(s) by the writer and escaping to her...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 233

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Memoirs of Ruth Costiner, born in Bukovina, Romania, 1907, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski camp

Memoirs of Ruth Costiner, born in Bukovina, Romania, 1907, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria and Mogilev-Podolski camp Life in Cernauti until June 1942. Deportation to Transnistria; Mogilev-Podolski camp life; murder of many [inmates] in the camp.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8362

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Romanian, German

Memoirs of Mordechai Shefler, born in Sanok, Poland, 17 May 1938, regarding his experiences in Sanok, in a hiding place in the forest, his wanderings, in Siberia and as a forced laborer in Yakutsk and Minor Occupation of Poland by the German Army; murder of the witness' grandfather, Rabbi Yakov Yosef Rabach (the first Jew murdered in Sanok), who tried to rescue Torah scrolls from the burning synagogue; escape towards the east; in a hiding place in the forest; arrival at an area controlled by the Soviet Union, 1940; deportation to Siberia; forced labor in Yakutsk and Minor. Return to Wroclaw, 1945,...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8346

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Schmuel Heller, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, in Gross Sarne, Koenigshuette and Dyhernfurth camps, and in other places

Memoirs of Schmuel Heller, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, in Gross Sarne, Koenigshuette and Dyhernfurth camps, and in other places Bedzin Ghetto life until 1942; deportation to Koenigshuette camp; transfer to Gross Sarne camp; transfer to Gross Masselwitz camp; transfer to Dyhernfurth camp; transfer to Gross-Rosen camp; transfer to Mauthausen camp; liberation, January 1945. DP camp life; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8333

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Letter of testimony written by Genia Messing in Rohatyn, 1943, regarding the murders in Rohatyn after the German occupation

Letter of testimony written by Genia Messing in Rohatyn, 1943, regarding the murders in Rohatyn after the German occupation The letter was entrusted to Poles to be forwarded to the Messing family, in the event that Genia Messing did not survive

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8214

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter of Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Polish

Testimony of Zeev Keler, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Issoudun and in the Jewish underground in France

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Testimony of Zeev Keler, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Issoudun and in the Jewish underground in France His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family; move to Antwerp; life in Antwerp including attending the Tachkemoni school and activities in Hanoar Hatzioni; displays of antisemitism. German Army occupation of Antwerp; life under German occupation including anti-Jewish restrictions; escape to the south of France; move back to Belgium; draft of men to forced labor; burning of a synagogue and Torah scrolls; escape to Issoudun, France; labor in a labor camp, for...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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Testimony of Shmuel Shmilek Maltzer, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Chrzanow, Lezajsk, Lwow, Siberia and other places

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Testimony of Shmuel Shmilek Maltzer, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Chrzanow, Lezajsk, Lwow, Siberia and other places Life before the war; receives a Hebrew education; Gordonia activities; life in aliya training. Outbreak of the war, 1939; direct shelling; escape to Krakow; the Poles block the way; escape to Lezajsk; life in Lezajsk; burning of the synagogue on the eve of Rosh Hashana; murder of Jews in the synagogue; escape to Chrzanow; life in Chrzanow; deportation to forced labor; receives a warning from an Austrian soldier on the murder of Jews during Christmas; escape to...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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