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Testimony of Batya Hefetz née Fiser Szabo, born in 1923 in Viseul de Sus, Romania, about her experiences in the Viseul de Sus ghetto and in the Stutthof, Auschwitz, and Bromberg camps

Testimony

Testimony of Batya Hefetz née Fiser Szabo, born in 1923 in Viseul de Sus, Romania, about her experiences in the Viseul de Sus ghetto and in the Stutthof, Auschwitz, and Bromberg camps Hungary re-annexes Viseul de Sus; life under Hungarian rule in 1940; German occupation ensues in 1944; ghettoization; life in the ghetto in 1944; deportation with family to Auschwitz; transfer to Stutthof in autumn 1944; transfer to Bromberg; life in the camp; working in an armaments plant in 1944; death march; liberated by Red Army forces in January 1945; life in a Polish village nearby; convalescence; return to Viseul de Sus...

File Number : 13549

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Kalman Checinski, born in Plawno, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto and a HASAG weapons factory

Testimony

Testimony of Kalman Checinski, born in Plawno, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto and a HASAG weapons factory Life in Czestochowa before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation with his family to the Czestochowa Ghetto, September 1939; ghetto life including labor on railroad tracks; liquidation of the ghetto, 1942; deportation to labor in a HASAG weapons factory; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Move to Hannover; search for relatives; move to Zeilsheim; life in a refugee camp; move to the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; move to Essen, 1948; contact with the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Frania (Zaks) Rosenfeld, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the open ghetto in Sosnowiec, the Srodula Ghetto, Graeben and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Frania (Zaks) Rosenfeld, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in the open ghetto in Sosnowiec, the Srodula Ghetto, Graeben and Bergen-Belsen From a traditional family; life before the war. German occupation, September 1939; abuse of religious Jews; distribution of food ration coupons; hanging of Jewish merchants; concentration of the Jews and selection; deportation of some members of her family for annihilation; return home; establishment of the open ghetto; work in a workshop; obtains a work card; orders to move to the closed ghetto in Srodula; capture by the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Adela (Henig) Katz, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Praust

Testimony

Testimony of Adela (Henig) Katz, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Praust Life before the war; from a traditional family; attends a Jewish school and a Czech school; private lessons in Judaism; Hashomer Hatzair membership. Re-annexation to Hungary, March 1939; displays of antisemitism; marriage, August 1942; deportation of the men to forced labor; women and children remain behind, 1943; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Uzhorod Ghetto, April 1944; ghetto life including work outside the ghetto; deportation to...

File Number : 12980

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Ela (Steiner) Erenfeld, born in Ada, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Szeged Ghetto, the Baja Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Ela (Steiner) Erenfeld, born in Ada, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Szeged Ghetto, the Baja Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof and other places Life in a religious Zionist home; financially secure. Expulsion from her commercial school; attends a local school; annexation to Hungary, 1941; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Szeged Ghetto by wagon; transfer to the Baja Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by train; selection; separation from her family; life in Block 23 in the camp; transfer to Stutthof; transfer to Torun, September 1944; camp life...

File Number : 12925

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Izak Akunis, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mauthausen

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Izak Akunis, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mauthausen Life before the war. Deportation with the Jews to the Baron Hirsch Ghetto; deportation by train to Auschwwitz-Birkenau; camp life including forced labor in a leather factory; evacuation of the camp and transfer to Mauthausen; camp life including forced labor in the airplane factory Messerschmitt; liberation by the US Army. Life in a DP camp in Austria; return to Greece; life in aliya training in Athens; aliya attempt on the ship "Haviva Reik";...

File Number : 13031

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Ringel, born in Rasice, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Rehmsdorf, a death march and Theresienstadt

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Ringel, born in Rasice, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Rehmsdorf, a death march and Theresienstadt Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary; draft of his father into the Hungarian Army; decrees including deportation of Jews without Hungarian citizenship, forced labor and confiscation of property; return of his father; deportation to the Mateszalka Ghetto, 1944; ghetto life including labor as a postman; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life including labor hauling rocks; transfer to Rehmsdorf;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehudit (Berger) Meizels, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Budapest, the Budapest Ghetto, Dachau, Ravensbrueck and Spandau

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit (Berger) Meizels, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Budapest and receiving help from Bernadotte, the Budapest Ghetto, Dachau, Ravensbrueck and Spandau Life before the war; attends a Czechoslovakian school; speech of Jabotinsky. Re-annexation to Hungary; outbreak of the war; increase in antisemitism; Beitar activities; escape to Budapest; German occupation; decrees including yellow badge and deportation to labor on fortifications; rescue by Count Folke Bernadotte; life in the Budapest Ghetto in a protected house; deportation to Dachau; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Malka Magda (Polak) Liberman, born in Szilagy, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaiserwald, Kurbe and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Malka Magda (Polak) Liberman, born in Szilagy, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaiserwald, Kurbe and other places Displays of antisemitism with the outbreak of the war, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary, 1942; restrictions on Jews; deportation to the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto, Pesach, 1942; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Kaiserwald, June 1942; camp life including labor sorting lumber; transfer to Kurbe; camp life including labor logging trees; transfer to Dundanga; transfer to Stutthof; Allied air-raids; selection and transfer to Gloewen,...

File Number : 12842

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Arnost Ruzhaner, born in Nagyseles, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Nagyseles Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Kaufering, Landsberg and Dachau

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Arnost Ruzhaner, born in Nagyseles, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Nagyseles Ghetto, Auschwitz, Warsaw, Kaufering, Landsberg and Dachau Life before the war; local Ukrainian rule, 1937. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; restrictions on the Jews including confiscation of the family's bakery; escape to Budapest, 1939; German occupation, March 1944; restrictions on Jews including yellow badge; kidnappings and ban on travel by train; escape to Nagyseles using a false identity; life in Nagyseles including flogging of community leaders by the German Army; deportation to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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