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Testimony

Testimony of Rut (Globinski) Marks, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1931 regarding her experiences during the German occupation of Kalisz, deportation to Sandomierz, in the Sandomierz Ghetto, escape to Warsaw and life using a false identity in Warsaw German occupation of Kalisz, and deportation of her family to Sandomierz, 1939; life in the Sandomierz Ghetto; her mother's work as a teacher in the ghetto; escape with her [female] cousin to the Aryan side of Warsaw, 1942; life with the Korstrzewe family using the false identy of a Polish Christian in Piastów, a suburb of Warsaw; arrest and execution of her cousin,...

File Number : 13442

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Amos Peter Brunner Ben-Ron, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Prague, on the Kindertransport, in Clacton-on-Sea, Oswestry and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Amos Peter Brunner Ben-Ron, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Prague, on the Kindertransport, in Clacton-on-Sea, Oswestry and other places German Army occupation of Prague, 1939; move to England along with his younger brother in the context of Nicholas Winton's Kindertransport, June 1939; life in a Christian religious dormitory in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex county, 1939; aliya of his parents to Eretz Israel using certificates, 1939; correspondence with his parents during the war period; outbreak of the war; Britain joins the war, 1939; move to a dormitory in Oswesty...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth (Mendelson) De Vries, born in Paris, France, 1936, regarding her experiences while in hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian child

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth (Mendelson) De Vries, born in Paris, France, 1936, regarding her experiences while in hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian child In hiding in a French village, disguised as a Christian girl.

File Number : 14021

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Ludwig Levin, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, Chmielnik Ghetto, using a false identity in Wies Scieki, Kielce and other places German Army occupation of Warsaw, 1939; Warsaw Ghetto life, 1940; escape to the Chmielnik Ghetto with his mother, 1941; Chmielnik Ghetto life; life in Wies Scieki while using a false identity as the illegitimate son of his nursemaid Kazia Zajac; life as a Christian Polish child in Wies Scieki; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Move to his family in Kielce by relatives who survived; Kielce pogrom, 1946; move...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nurit Viki (Levi) Gazit, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences in Sofia and in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Nurit Viki (Levi) Gazit, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences in Sofia and in a village From a secular family involved in the lives of their non-Jewish neighbors; her childhood. Drafting of her brothers to forced labor companies; restrictions on the Jews in their everyday lives; yellow badge (button); deportation from Sofia; transfer to one of the villages (witness does not remember the name); help from the local residents; hunger; air-raids; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Sofia; aliya to Israel, 11 December 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva (Mekynova) Hefer, born in Trinec, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Frydek, Ostrava and Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Eva (Mekynova) Hefer, born in Trinec, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Frydek, Ostrava and Theresienstadt Life before the war; daughter of a non-Jewish father and a Jewish mother; re-annexation to Poland; move to Hutin; move to Moravska Ostrava; move to Frydek; German occupation, March 1939; information regarding imminent deportation to Theresienstadt; setting up a hiding place; escape to Ostrava; life in Ostrava; deportation to Theresienstadt, September 1942; camp life; release from deportation to Treblinka; transfer to the youth barracks; filming of a movie...

File Number : 13058

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Henia Fania (Maringer) Mager, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, Bialystok, Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk

Testimony

Testimony of Henia Fania (Maringer) Mager, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, Bialystok, Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk Life in Warsaw before the war; religious family; displays of antisemitism; boycott of Jewish stores. Outbreak of the war, 1939; air-raids on Warsaw; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; Warsaw Ghetto life including details about children's games; typhus disease; escape through the sewers; difficulty crossing the border into the Soviet Union; capture of her mother and her mother's disappearance; escape to Bialystok; life in Bialystok...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aliza Fania (Bergman) Fisher, born in Brzesc Nad Bugiem, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Brzesc Nad Bugiem, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Testimony

Testimony of Aliza Fania (Bergman) Fisher, born in Brzesc Nad Bugiem, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Brzesc Nad Bugiem, Ukraine and Uzbekistan Life before the war; from a traditional family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation; Soviet occupation; escape by horse and wagon in the direction of Ukraine; escape towards the east due to air raids; life in a kolkhoz in Uzbekistan; drafting of her father to the Red Army; unsuccessful aliya attempt with the Teheran children; orphanage life with her little brother; end of the war. Return to Poland, 1945; life in Stettin including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zelig Indig, born in Reghin, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, a labor battalion in Heviz and in Felsogalla

Testimony

Testimony of Zelig Indig, born in Reghin, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, a labor battalion in Heviz and in Felsogalla Religious family. Annexation to Hungary, 1940; revocation of his father's business license; increase in antisemitism; restrictions on movement; life under the Hungarian regime, 1944; confiscation of property including their home; deportation to the Reghin Ghetto in a brick factory; overcrowding; draft to labor battalion number 110/33; transfer to Heviz; drills and humiliations; transfer to a railroad station in Monor approximately two weeks later; life in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvia Zeshe (Ioskovitz) Lishe, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Chorzow, the Zawiercie Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrueck

Testimony

Testimony of Zvia Zeshe (Ioskovitz) Lishe, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1927, regarding her experiences in Chorzow, the Zawiercie Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrueck Life before the war; move to Chorzow with her family; life in Chorzow. Outbreak of the war; escape to Zawiercie; life in Zawiercie including confiscation of property by the Germans; deportation to forced labor; deportation to the Zawiercie Ghetto; ghetto life including Judenrat and Jewish police activities; plucking of Jewish men's beards; murder of Jews; armband and yellow badge; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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