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Testimony of Markovitz and Bar Zahava Golda, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, in 1927 regarding the Moskovitz ghetto, Auschwitz camp and Bruntal labor camp

Testimony

Childhood before the war; good relations between the local population and the Jews in Uzhorod; invasion of the Hungarians in 1938; antisemitism; looting and burning of the family property by Hungarian soldiers; yellow badge; confiscation of property by the Germans; deportation to Moskovitz ghetto in 1943; harsh physical and emotional conditions; starvation; smuggling of food; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; selection; separation from the family; forced labor; crematorium; starvation; brutal attitude of the kapo; gypsy inmates; clearing the corpses; roll-calls; help by the Blockalteste to the women inmates of...

File Number : 13769

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eva Goldberg née Avraham, born in 1929 in Cristur, Romania, about her experiences in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Horneburg, Porta Westfalica, and Fallersleben camps, etc.

Antisemitism in Romaniain 1938; escapes from riots by members of the Legionnaire movement; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1940; father inducted into the labor brigades; German occupation ensues in 1944; concealing valuables; Jews rounded up in the Dej forest; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selections; taken to a crematorium; hides in a hearse-cart and in a latrine; slips into a group selected for labor; transferred to Horneburg; life in the camp; manufacturing ship and aircraft parts; factory manager helps women prisoners; local German women help with food; cruelties by SS men; transferred to the Porta...

File Number : 13609

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Yehuda Shlomi, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, on a death march and Ebensee

Memoirs of Yehuda Shlomi, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, on a death march and Ebensee Life in the Kosice Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; stay in Auschwitz for a few days; transfer to Wolfsberg; life in Wolfsberg including labor in a quarry, cold and floggings; 20 day death march to Czechoslovakia; transfer to Ebensee; life in Ebensee including forced labor and hunger; liberation by the US Army.

File Number : 8250

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more Childhood in a wealthy, religious family. Hungarian occupation and rise in displays of antisemitism; German occupation, 1944; yellow badge; robbery of valuables and assets; deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection and transfer together with his twin brother to a camp hospital (Kranken Hause); medical experiments; transfer to Camp D and labor near Crematorium 2; approach of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Diary of the roots trip and memoirs of Shlomo Brichkovski, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Lodz Ghetto, and in Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen camps

Diary of the roots trip and memoirs of Shlomo Brichkovski, born in Lodz, Poland, regarding his experiences as a child in the Lodz Ghetto, and in Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen camps Residence by the witness' family in the Lodz Ghetto until its liquidation in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz camp with his family members on 20/08/1944; transfer of his mother and aunt to the crematorium; transfer of Shlomo and his father to the Gypsies camp and from there to Block 13, where a school for builders was held; he was there for three months; transfer afterwards to Sachsenhausen camp, where he labored in an aircraft...

File Number : 7834

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Threatening letter sent by Nazis in Dessau to Adolf and Helena Goldman, who lived in Dessau in 1937, demanding that they report to the crematorium for cremation of their bodies, drink a liter of oil to make the fire burn better and pay the cremation expenses in advance The letter was sent as if it had come from the administration of the crematorium in Dessau; the document is signed "Sargmann (the Undertaker)"; the letter was translated into Hebrew by Hillel Schechter.

File Number : 602

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Testimony of Miriam Marta (Noiman) Itzkovitz, born in Mezocsat, Hungary, 1930, regarding her experiences in Hungary and in Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Marta (Noiman) Itzkovitz, born in Mezocsat, Hungary, 1930, regarding her experiences in Hungary and in Auschwitz and other camps From a religious family; draft of four brothers to labor battalions; German occupation; deportation from her home to Miskolc; order to hand over valuables; concentration of the Jews in the area into an open building; deportation to Auschwitz; loss of her mother and her sister in the selection; remaining with a sister and female cousins; transfer to Plaszow camp; beatings on account of evading labor; transport back to Auschwitz; waiting next to the...

File Number : 13365

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomi Yehuda (Deutsch), born in 1925 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Košice, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg; a death march, and Ebensee

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomi Yehuda (Deutsch), born in 1925 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Košice, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg; a death march, and Ebensee Hungarian rule in 1939; Betar movement in Košice and Mukacevo; aiding refugees from Poland and Slovakia; brother is conscripted into labor service; German occupation ensues in 1944; roundup at a brick factory; placing valuables in hiding with a non-Jew; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau in May 1944; assignment to infrastructure work in Wolfsberg, Silesia, in May 1944; bartering bread for eyeglasses; flogged for wear-and-tear on shoes; death march to...

File Number : 13393

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Zvi Henik Luftman Sarid, born in Poznan, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and more

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Luciano Lajos Varum, born in Slatina, Czechoslovakia, 1925

Testimony

Testimony of Luciano Lajos Varum, born in Slatina, Czechoslovakia, 1925 Testimony regarding a farm in the country; move to Oradea Mare, 1937. Control of Oradea Mare transferred to Hungary, 1940; harassment of the Jews by the authorities; German occupation and establishment of the Oradea Mare Ghetto, 1944; smuggling food into the ghetto; draft of his brother to work in labor battalions; murder of his brother by his brother's commanding officers; deportation to Auschwitz in an open train car; selection for professionally skilled people; labor as a welder and metalworker; living quarters with improved...

File Number : 13375

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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