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Memoirs of Khaia Duksztulski born in Vilna, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in the "Lukiszki" prison, and in the home of a non-Jewish woman acquaintance outside the ghetto Life before the war; marriage to Yitzhak Bloch; birth of their son Moshe; Outbreak of the war; draft of Yitzhak into the Polish Army; Yitzhak is taken captive by the Germans, and his [subsequent] death; German occupation, 1941; Khaia's detention for violation of the curfew; transfer to the "Lukiszki" prison; release from prison, with the help of paying a bribe to the prison guards; transfer of her brothers...

File Number : 8551

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Genealogy

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Mala Maroko Freund regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march, in Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen and more

Memoirs of Mala Maroko Freund regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march, in Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen and more Transfer of Mala Maroko Freund and her family from Lodz to within the Lodz Ghetto limits, November 1939; life in the Lodz Ghetto until 28 August 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to the Langenbielau camp, September 1944; transfer to the Breslau-Hundsfeld camp, late September; death march to Gross-Rosen, December 1944; transfer to Mauthausen, January 1945; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, March 1945; liberation by the British Army, 15 April...

File Number : 8538

Type of Material : Excerpt(s), Interview(s)

Language : Swedish

Testimony of Mordekhai Teitelbaum born in 1927 in Ostrołęka, Poland, about his experiences in Ostrołęka, escape to the Soviet Union, to Lomzha, and evacuation to Gryazi and the Kemerovo area

Testimony

Childhood in Ostrołęka; community life; attending synagogue on Sabbaths; attending a Jewish elementary school; father dies in 1935; war with Germany breaks out in September 1939; family escapes to Ostrów Mazowiecka; lives in a synagogue; German occupation ensues; German soldiers enter town; curfew; order to leave town and live elsewhere; back to Ostrołęka; escaping to the east; slipping into Belorussia, Soviet Union; reaching Lomzha; living in a synagogue; receiving Soviet citizenship; transport by rail to Russia via Belostok; reaching Gryazi; mother works in a factory; witness attends a Russian elementary...

File Number : 13379

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs written by Avraham Balzar in 1946 regarding his experiences in Vilna, the Vilna Ghetto, detention by the Gestapo, in hiding, rescue twice from the killing pit in Ponary, labor digging pits and burning of corpses under Lithuanian supervision Verdict from the trial held in the United States of Aleksandras Lileikis, former head of the Saugumas in Vilna, Lithuanian Security Police, 24 May 1996; translation to German of the testimony of Avraham Blazar submitted to the Soviet authorities in Vilna, 28 August 1944; documents from 1941 of the Saugumas and the German authorities on the fate of Avraham Balzar...

File Number : 8312

Type of Material : Memoirs, Investigation Report, Sentence, Official Documentation, Letter, Testimony

Language : Lithuanian, Hebrew, Polish, English, Yiddish

זיכרונותיו של דוד רוזנצוייג יליד פולין 1928 על רדיפות יהודי Sadowne שהתחילו עם פלישת הגרמנים, על בריחתו לצד הרוסי יחד עם הוריו, על קורותיו בסיביר ובאוזבקיסטן ועל הגעתו לארץ דרך Teheran ב-1942

Memoirs of David Rosencwajg, born in Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Sadowne, Molotov and Siberia, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942 Life in Sadowne before the war. German occupation; burning of homes in the town; his escape, and receives help from Poles; escape to the Soviet occupied territory; life in Molotov; life in Chelyabinsk; life in Siberia; life in Tashkent; escape to Teheran; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942.

File Number : 8258

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Mishu Lupo, born in Bacau, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bacau, Salzburg, Vienna and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Mishu Lupo, born in Bacau, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bacau, Salzburg, Vienna and other places His childhood in Bacau including learning in a "heder" and attending a Romanian school. Outbreak of the war; life under occupation including termination of his studies, displays of antisemitism, a curfew and the decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; deportation of his father and two brothers to forced labor; liberation. Unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel; move to Romania, 1945; attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel via Hungary and Austria, 1946; life in...

File Number : 13420

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michael Felman Feldman Padan, born in Sarniki, Poland, 1936, regarding his experiences in Sarniki, in hiding, in forests with the partisans, in Sverdlovsk, Poland and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Felman Feldman Padan, born in Sarniki, Poland, 1936, regarding his experiences in Sarniki, in hiding, in forests with the partisans, in Sverdlovsk, Poland and other places His childhood in his parents' home [in Sarniki] and in his grandparents' homes in Korzec. Red Army occupation of Sarniki, September 1939; life under Soviet rule; German Army occupation of Sarniki, June 1941; administration of Sarniki by Ukrainians Danilo and Ivan, June 1941; establishment of the Sarniki Ghetto on another street; kidnapping of his father; murder of his father with another 1,000 Jews in the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Testimony

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...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ada Erika (Brok) Verobel, born in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Galanta, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Allendorf

Testimony

Testimony of Ada Erika (Brok) Verobel, born in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in Galanta, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Allendorf Life before the war; from a religious Orthodox family. Deportation of those without citizenship by Hungarian soldiers, 1940; restrictions on the Jews including termination of studies; yellow badge; confiscation of property; Aryanization of the family shop; curfew; witness' father is drafted into the Hungarian Army; transfer of her father to a camp; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944; camp life; information...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Leon Muhlrad, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Drohobycz Ghetto, Plaszow, Mauthausen and Gusen

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Leon Muhlrad, born in Drohobycz, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Drohobycz Ghetto, Plaszow, Mauthausen and Gusen Life before the war; Hanoar Hatzioni membership. Outbreak of the war; kidnapping and murder of Jews, July 1941; establishment of the Drohobycz Ghetto; ghetto life; Judenrat activities; agricultural labor on a farm; "Aktions" and finding a hiding place in a slaughter house; work for the German Army in the local crude oil industry; liquidation of the ghetto, June 1943; deportation to Plaszow; camp life; activities of Amon Goeth, the camp commandant; activities of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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