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Testimony of Malka Stern née Grinberger, born in 1926 in Ganice, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences in Ganice, the Mateszalka ghetto, and the Birkenau and Lübberstedt camps during the war

Life before the war; offspring of a religious family; good relations with the non-Jewish population; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1939; family business license evoked; father deported to a labor camp in 1941; neighbors who lack Hungarian citizenship deported; refugees from Poland arrive; German occupation ensues in March 1944; witness deported to the Mateszalka ghetto; robbed of jewelry; deported to Auschwitz on Shavuot 1944; escapes from a group being transferred in the camp to a crematorium; sent to Lübberstedt in summer 1944; life in the camp; manufacturing bombs; the front closes in and the camp is...

File Number : 13558

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

העד- בן מנישואין שלישיים של האב; עיסוק המשפחה בייצור ומכירת יין; משפחה מבוססת כלכלית; פרוץ המלחמה; הענקת רשיון להפעלת העסק ב-1942 מטעם הגרמנים הודות לעזרתו של פקיד סלובקי לאחד הדודים מבני המשפחה; הסתתרותם של חלק מבני המשפחה ללא רשיונות עובד נחוץ בבית הדוד; הלשנה; מעצר המשפחה; גירוש המשפחה ברכבת גירוש; השגת רשיון עובד נחוץ על ידי האח; הגעת המשפחה למחנה Zilina; הגעת האח למחנה; שחרור בידי האח לאחר השגת רשיונות זמניים עבור המשפחה; הגעה ל-Presov; הברחת המשפחה ע"י מבריח ל-Kosice שסופחה בינתיים לשטח הונגריה; מעבר המשפחה ל-Debrecen; לימודים בישיבה ב-Papa; החיים עד 1944; פלישת הצבא הגרמני במרץ 1944; בריחה ברכבות ל-Nitra...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Short biography of Israel Frenkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1893, who left Germany and made aliya to Eretz Israel after experiencing antisemitism

Short biography of Israel Frenkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1893, who left Germany and made aliya to Eretz Israel after experiencing antisemitism Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1893, Israel Frenkel was a Russian citizen who worked in Warsaw as a watchmaker; in 1916, he found himself unemployed, so on learning that there was a shortage of watchmakers in Germany, he moved to Germany and subsequently found work in Dresden; marriage in 1918; births of three children; establishment of an independent watchmaker business; death of his wife in 1934; plans for aliya to Eretz Israel; futile attempt to get permission for his...

File Number : 151

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Elza Gottesmann, born in Dunkófalva, Czechoslovakia in 1922, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mühldorf camps

Testimony of Elza Gottesmann, born in Dunkófalva, Czechoslovakia in 1922, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mühldorf camps Revocation of her father's business license for a pub; they reside in a village that has 20 Jewish families; deportation to the Munkács Ghetto after Pesach [April] 1944; Munkács Ghetto life for four weeks; hunger; holding of searches, and deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train; life en route in a train car with 105 people, for three days; they suffer from overcrowding; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp on 18/05/1944; selection; transfer...

File Number : 2880

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Ignác Eidlisz, born in Királyhelmec, Czechoslovakia in 1921, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kőszeg and Mohács, and in Feldbach, Graz and other camps

Testimony of Ignác Eidlisz, born in Királyhelmec, Czechoslovakia in 1921, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kőszeg and Mohács, and in Feldbach, Graz and other camps Imposition of restrictions on the Jews in 1938; unsuccessful attempt to purchase bread in 1941; informing on; revocation of their business license; holding of searches in their home; abuse; breaking of windows in the synagogue; he presents himself to the authorities at the draft center, for forced labor in a labor battalion in Kőszeg on 05/10/1942; life under the command of László Függő; life during training;...

File Number : 2860

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Oszkárné Kellner, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1908, regarding her experiences in a protected house in Budapest, in Józsefváros and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Oszkárné Kellner, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1908, regarding her experiences in a protected house in Budapest, in Józsefváros and in Bergen-Belsen Imposition of restrictions on the Jews including revocation of work licenses, 1939; German occupation of Hungary, 19 March 1944; imposition of restrictions on the Jews including wearing the yellow badge and prohibition on leaving the house [during certain hours]; detention and deportation of those caught outside the house; activity of the Hungarian Police and the Gestapo including house searches and robbery of possessions; (rise of Ferenc Szálasi to...

File Number : 2792

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Jolán Moskovits, born in Munkács, Hungary, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrück and Lippstadt camps and more

Testimony of Jolán Moskovits, born in Munkács, Hungary, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrück and Lippstadt camps and more Life in Munkács during the Hungarian occupation; imposition of restrictions on the Jews including the revocation of business licenses and confiscation of property; German occupation, March 1944; searches in the houses and robbery of possessions; manhunts conducted by detectives and gendarmes; deportation to the Munkács Ghetto; being subjected to beatings; ghetto life with crowding together with approximately 20,000 Jews in a brick...

File Number : 2741

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Özv. (widow) Lajosné Margit (Rónai) Hodosi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1901, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Braunschweig and Warthestadt camps and more Life in Újvidék during the re-annexation of Újvidék to Hungary, 13 April 1941; change for the worse in the treatment of Jews; revocation of the business license of the family-owned restaurant and cafeteria, June 1941; selling the businesses; confiscation of property; manhunt by 500 gendarmes from Szeged, 1942; imposition of restrictions; exploding the ice over the Danube River (in minus 24 degrees Centigrade);...

File Number : 2740

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Béla Rosenberg, born in Avasújváros, Romania, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Szatmárnémeti Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald camps and more

Testimony of Béla Rosenberg, born in Avasújváros, Romania, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Szatmárnémeti Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald camps and more Dismissal from work, 01 November 1940; work for a private company; imposition of restrictions on Jews including the yellow badge; revocation of the business license; confiscation of radios and more, March 1944; deportation to the Szatmárnémeti Ghetto, 15 May 1944; ghetto life; robbery of possessions including gold items, watches, money and bicycles; being subjected to beatings, humiliations and torture by the Hungarian...

File Number : 2716

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Joint testimony of the sisters, Sári Fleischmann, born in 1926, and Rózsi Fleischmann, born in 1929, in Dunaszerdahely, Czechoslovakia, regarding their experiences in the Dunaszerdahely Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kurzbach and Gross-Rosen camps and more Anti-Jewish decrees, 1942; being hidden by family members from Slovakia; capture and deportation of their father; revocation of the family's business license; incidences of torture and abuse; return of the father; return deportation of their father for working in the black market; return of the father after six months thanks to his daughter's...

File Number : 2715

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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