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Testimony of Lea Kanik Vinshtok, born in Darabani, Romania in 1927, regarding her experiences ‎of deportation to Transnistria, Tropova and Konatkovtsy

Testimony of Lea Kanik Vinshtok, born in Darabani, Romania in 1927, regarding her experiences ‎of deportation to Transnistria, Tropova and Konatkovtsy Her childhood before the war; the increase of nationalism and antisemitism in 1938; expulsion ‎from school; entry of Romania in the war against the Soviet Union in 1941; the pogrom in ‎Dorohoi; wearing the yellow badge; deportation from her home to Targu Jiu and from there to ‎Turnu Severin; help of the Jewish community; transfer to Dorohoi; deportation to Transnistria in ‎November 1941; theft of possessions; march to Tropovoye and from there to Konatkovtsy;...

File Number : 13670

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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

Order No. 10399 deporting the Jews of Tecuci, Romania to the Jewish Quarter of Tecuci, 01 July 1941

File Number : 308

Type of Material : Declaration

Language : Romanian

Testimony of Michael Liberman, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, the Tsybulevka Ghetto and in Balti and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Liberman, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, the Tsybulevka Ghetto and in Balti and other places His childhood in a religious home, including attending a "heder". Red Army occupation of Cernauti, 1940; Romanian Army occupation of Cernauti, June 1941; life under Romanian occupation including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees including wearing a yellow badge, restrictions on travel and the confiscation of property; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, 1941; deportation to Transnistria, several weeks later; travel by train until...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehudit (Levi) Lewkowitz, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her experiences in Milan, Sofia, Nova Zagora and more

Testimony

Testimony of Yehudit (Levi) Lewkowitz, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her experiences in Milan, Sofia, Nova Zagora and more Childhood; move with her mother to Milan, 1936; attendance at an Italian school; move back to Sofia; reunion with her father, 1939. Outbreak of war; antisemitism; imposition of decrees on the Jews; confiscation of Jewish property; restrictions on movement; draft of Jews into forced labor paving roads; Beitar activities; transfer to Nova Zagora, 1943; agricultural work for farmers; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944. Move back to Sofia; aliya to Eretz Israel via Aleppo,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Sari (Polak) Kerner, born in Vama, Romania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Vama, Gura Humorului, Transnistria, the Zhmerinka Ghetto and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Sari (Polak) Kerner, born in Vama, Romania, 1931, regarding her experiences in Vama, Gura Humorului, Transnistria, the Zhmerinka Ghetto and other places Her childhood in a traditional family. Life under fascist occupation including antisemitism; deportation to Gura Humorului; transfer to Transnistria, 1941; transfer by train to Atachi; transfer on rafts to Mogilev; transfer on foot to the Zhmerinka Ghetto, including hunger and cold; request for food from farmers in villages in the vicinity; her father's labor as a shoemaker for farmers; Zhmerinka Ghetto life including a typhus epidemic;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Amalia Mali (Khaimov) Alcalay, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1928, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Khaskovo

Testimony

Testimony of Amalia Mali (Khaimov) Alcalay, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1928, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Khaskovo Her childhood in a secular family that observed Jewish tradition. Life under fascist rule including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees and bans, 1941; draft of her father to labor; transfer to Khaskovo, 1942; life in her uncle's home; Communist activities; help to political prisoners; liberation by the Red Army, 09 September 1944. Aliya to Israel, 1948; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordechai Winter, born in Halberstadt, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Halberstadt and in Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Winter, born in Halberstadt, Germany, 1924, regarding his experiences in Halberstadt and in Israel His family's move to Halberstadt, 1921; his childhood in his parent's home; Life after the Nazi rise to power, including antisemitism and acts of abuse against the Jews, 1933; Zionist activities of his family members; announcement by the Government of Poland regarding the revocation of Polish citizenship [of the Jews living outside the borders of Poland], 1938; deportation to Poland of Jews lacking [German] citizenship; capture of his parents by the Gestapo; transfer of Jews who were...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaia (Mozer) Deutsher, born in Radauti, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, the Bershad Ghetto, Obodovka and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chaia (Mozer) Deutsher, born in Radauti, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, the Bershad Ghetto, Obodovka and other places Her childhood in a religious home; activities in the Beitar movement in Radauti; move to Cernauti. Romanian Army occupation of Cernauti, 1941; deportation to Transnistria, 1941; transfer by train to Hotin, Siberia; transfer on foot to Ukraine via Yampol; meets her mother and sisters who arrived on a transport from Radauti; death of her father; transfer on foot with her family members to Obodovka and then to Bershad; death of her mother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara (Kreindel Markowic) Ekshtein, born in Uhla, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Uhla, Auschwitz, Ravensburg, Leipzig and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Klara (Kreindel Markowic) Ekshtein, born in Uhla, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Uhla, Auschwitz, Ravensburg, Leipzig and Israel Her childhood in a religious family. Hungarian Army occupation of Uhla; life under Hungarian occupation including deterioration of the economic situation; draft of her father to forced labor; release of her father; deportation to Ukraine of Jews from Uhla and the surrounding area who were not Hungarian citizens, 1940; murder of most of the deportees; receives Hungarian citizenship; life in Uhla until the German occupation, March 1944; in hiding...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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