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Testimony of Sara Shuster Tolchinski, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1925 regarding her escape to the Soviet Union

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Childhood before the war; coexistence; Outbreak of the war; arrival of Jewish refugees; mutual assistance; riots against the Jews, 1941; escape to the Soviet Union with the retreating Red Army; drafting of her father and brother to labor camps; move to Korosten; assistance from the Soviets; move to Kazakhstan; work; Rebuilding life; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1957.

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Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎

Testimony of Joseph Viner, born in Gradki, Poland, in 1932, regarding his experiences in the ‎deportation to Sine Waly estate, escape and hiding among farmers and in the forest‎ His childhood in a rural community; annexation to the Soviet Union in 1939; the German ‎occupation in June 1941; his expulsion from school; deportation to Sine Waly estate; escape and ‎hiding in the forest and with farmers in summer 1942; meeting his father and moving to a families ‎camp in the forest in autumn 1942; attack by a gang of Ukrainians; his father murdered and Joseph ‎injured; move to Dubno under a borrowed identity in...

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Testimony of Miriam Marila Liber Prague née Kostin, born in 1921 in Warsaw, about her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto, in Hungary, with the partisans in Yugoslavia, and as a forced laborer in Germany

Life before the war; German occupation ensues; dispossession; deportation to the Warsaw ghetto; life in the ghetto; escaping to the "Aryan" side with help of forged papers; marrying; escaping to Lwów; escaping back to Warsaw; escaping to Hungary; receiving privileges from the Polish Consulate; escaping to Yugoslavia; joining the partisans in March 1944; sabotaging a railroad track; arrested by the Germans and taken to Germany; working in a factory that manufactures spare parts for tanks; posing as a Croat; receiving extra privileges; liberated by American forces; reaching Buchenwald; encountering Holocaust...

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Documentation regarding the activities of Ladislav László Sedivy, a Calvinist priest from Nyitra, on his baptizing 720 Jews from Nyitra and the surrounding areas, 1939-1943

Documentation regarding the activities of Ladislav László Sedivy, a Calvinist priest from Nyitra, on his baptizing 720 Jews from Nyitra and the surrounding areas, 1939-1943 - Letters from the Slovak Interior Ministry and the Ustredna Statnej Bezpečnosti (USB - Central State Security) in Slovakia regarding the activities against the State of Ladislav László Sedivy, the Calvinist priest from Nyitra, in baptizing Jews from Nyitra and the surrounding areas, 1939-1943); - Detention in a prison in Ilava, 1942, - Pleas by his wife to release him and the priest's commitment not to commit any more acts against...

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results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : List of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation, Telegram, Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Documentary, Investigation Reports

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Memoirs of Ouri Isidor Buchman, born in Etterbeek, Belgium, 19 January 1931, regarding his experiences in Anderlecht, Saint Gilles, and while hidden and rescued by the Molitor family

Memoirs of Ouri Isidor Buchman, born in Etterbeek, Belgium, 19 January 1931, regarding his experiences in Anderlecht, Saint Gilles, and while hidden and rescued by the Molitor family His family's escape to Gourdan-Polignan, May 1940; his family's return to Belgium, several months later. Note: Ouri Buchman has submitted a request to Yad Vashem to recognize the Molitor family as Righteous Among the Nations and a file has been opened on the subject.

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Testimony of Edith Hirshel née Folk, born in 1931 in Coka, Yugoslavia, about her experiences as a girl in Coka, Senta, Vienna, and Strasshof

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Testimony of Edith Hirshel née Folk, born in 1931 in Coka, Yugoslavia, about her experiences as a girl in Coka, Senta, Vienna, and Strasshof Pre-war life in the village; offspring of the only Jewish family in the locality; good neighborly relations; moving to Coka in 1939; German occupation; escaping to her uncle's family in Senta; attending a nunnery school and taking Jewish studies; father is murdered in Belgrade; mother escapes to Hungary; antisemitic manifestations; the hellow star edict; the numerus clausus; German occupation of Hungary in March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; the train stops; a...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13556

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Testimony of Asher Roth, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Sevlus, Budapest, Transylvania and in hiding

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Testimony of Asher Roth, born in Sevlus, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Sevlus, Budapest, Transylvania and in hiding His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family. Life under Hungarian occupation including the removal of Jews from schools, 1939; ban on kosher ritual slaughter, and acts of abuse by Hungarian gendarmes; beating to death of an Admor [rabbi]; move to Budapest with his brother, 1942; German Army occupation of Budapest; deportation to forced labor in the clearing of rubble; loss of contact with his family; labor for the Germans digging trenches against air-raids; transfer...

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Testimony of Dov Bene Weiss, born in Bekescsaba, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Bekescsaba Ghetto, Budapest, Auschwitz and Muehldorf

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Testimony of Dov Bene Weiss, born in Bekescsaba, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Bekescsaba Ghetto, Budapest, Auschwitz and Muehldorf Life in Bekescsaba. Deportation to the Bekescsaba Ghetto; transfer to Budapest; life in Budapest; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Muehldorf; camp life.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13370

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Testimony of Erna Vera (Siha) Veinshtein, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Novi Sad, while using a false identity, in Budapest and Israel

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Testimony of Erna Vera (Siha) Veinshtein, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Novi Sad, while using a false identity, in Budapest and Israel Life in Novi Sad under Hungarian rule, 1941; registered as a Catholic by her Catholic father who converted to Christianity before the war; attends a school administered by Catholic nuns, 1941; murder of Jews in Novi Sad by Hungarian soldiers during the large Razzia (round-up); life with her parents while using a false identity as a Catholic, with the help of forged documents; deportation of her mother's family to the Subotica Ghetto, 1943;...

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