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Testimony of Elza Zipora (Kamil) Pakher, born in Vijnita, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Vijnita, in Mogilev Podolskiy and in Dzhurin camp

Testimony of Elza Zipora (Kamil) Pakher, born in Vijnita, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Vijnita, in Mogilev Podolskiy and in Dzhurin camp Life before the war; Deportation of her family to the Transnistria area in 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy; transfer to Dzhurin camp; separation from her parents along with her younger brother; Dzhurin camp life for four years; she takes care of her brother; Dzhurin camp life along with the other children; hunger; suffering from diseases; death of children in the camp; abuse of children by the Ukrainians; smuggle of food for partisans in...

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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

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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 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...

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Testimony of Yehuda Kler, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Rawa Ruska, Stanislawow, Siberia and other places

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Testimony of Yehuda Kler, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Rawa Ruska, Stanislawow, Siberia and other places Life before the war; religious family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation; deportation with her parents during Sukkot; escape on foot and in a wagon; illegally crosses the border to Rawa Ruska; escape to Stanislawow; life in Stanislawow; capture by the Soviets, summer 1941; transfer by train including many stops; transfer by ship until a forest in Siberia; transfer to Ural; life in Ural in a small settlement; work in a limestone factory; arrest of...

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Testimony of Pesia (Witenberg) Cohen, born in Michaliszki, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Soski, Vaivara, Goldfilz, Kuremaa and other places

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Testimony of Pesia (Witenberg) Cohen, born in Michaliszki, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Soski, Vaivara, Goldfilz, Kuremaa and other places Studies in the Tarbut teachers seminary in Vilna. Teaches in a Jewish school during the Soviet occupation, 1939-1941; German occupation, June 1941; capture of men for forced labor; rumors regarding the murder of Jews in pits; takes advantage of her "Aryan" looks, and her move to a village; pretends to be a villager woman and smuggles food into the Michaliszki Ghetto on the market days; liquidization of the Michaliszki Ghetto; transfer to...

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Testimony of Miriam Fritzi (Rozenstok) Kurtz, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Samobor, Rab camp and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945

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Testimony of Miriam Fritzi (Rozenstok) Kurtz, born in Vienna, Austria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Samobor, Rab camp and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945 Life before the war; traditional family; life until 1938. Anschluss; dismissal of her father from the public service; Kristallnacht; finds a hiding place; rescue with the help of a gatekeeper; aliya of her brother to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1939; escape of her father to Yugoslavia; escape with her mother on a cattle train; jumps from the train; escape with the family to Samobor; life in Samobor under the protection of the...

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Testimony of Yeshayahu Shpitzer, born in Hajdunanas, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Hajdunanas, the Debrecen Ghetto, Sombathely camp, Szolok and other places

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Testimony of Yeshayahu Shpitzer, born in Hajdunanas, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in Hajdunanas, the Debrecen Ghetto, Sombathely camp, Szolok and other places Life before the war; family is Sanz hassidim. Death of his father, 1942; life in Debrecen and vocational studies; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; ghetto life; escape; life in the local prison; receives help from the local Jewish community; trial; life in Szolok camp with political inmates; transfer to labor loading coal on trains; transfer to another camp; camp life; construction of a bunker against...

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Testimony of Michael Adler, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Croatia, Albania, Ferramonti Di Tarsi, Castel Di Sangro and in a forest

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Testimony of Michael Adler, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Croatia, Albania, Ferramonti Di Tarsi, Castel Di Sangro and in a forest Secular Zionist family; activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; life in Subotica until 1939; selling of their shoe factory and property, and conversion of the money into gold and jewelry, 1939. Outbreak of the war, 1941; escape to Croatia; escape to the south; detention by [men in] the "Brown Shirts" for a week; move by ship to an Italian camp in Albania; camp life for approximately six months; move by ships to Ferramonti Di Tarsi, Italy; life...

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Testimony of Sidonia (Hersch) Ozerovitz, born in Dej, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Dej, the Bungar River, Auschwitz, Vainode camp, Dundanga camp and other places

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Testimony of Sidonia (Hersch) Ozerovitz, born in Dej, Romania, 1926, regarding her experiences in Dej, the Bungar River, Auschwitz, Vainode camp, Dundanga camp and other places Life before the war; religious family; persecution of Jews. Annexation to Hungary, 1940; detention and torture of her grandfather due to his helping a refugee from Poland; eviction from homes and concentration of the Jews in the Bungar forest, May 1945; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; selection; deportation with 5,000 inmates to Riga; life in Dundanga camp, Vainode camp and Kaiserwald camp including labor camouflaging...

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Testimony of Asher Richard Boimler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Lodz, assumes a false identity in Warsaw, with a Polish family in Kielce and Piotrkow

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Testimony of Asher Richard Boimler, born in Lodz, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Lodz, assumes a false identity in Warsaw, with a Polish family in Kielce and Piotrkow Life before the war; traditional family; attends a Polish school. German occupation, September 1939; escape to Warsaw due to his mother's bad health; life in Warsaw with an assumed Polish identity; life with forged documents; death of his mother, February 1942; burial of his mother in a non-Jewish cemetery; escape to a Polish family in Kielce; life in Kielce with an assumed identity with a Polish family, 1942; escape...

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Testimony of Bracha (Indig) Lazar, born in Reghin, Romania, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Bistrita Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Bracha (Indig) Lazar, born in Reghin, Romania, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Bistrita Ghetto, Auschwitz, Plaszow and Bergen-Belsen Poor, religious family with many children; witness' one-armed father lacks a profession; Bnei Akiva activities; marriage; birth of her daughter. Draft of her husband to a labor camp; earns a livelihood by selling fruit; life using a false identity; work in a restaurant; detention; deportation to the Bistrita Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, May 1944; camp life including meeting a female cousin and two of her sisters; murder of her mother and her...

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