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Testimony of Rut (Fefer) Shemonovitz, born 1925 in Ostrog, Poland; on her life in Ostrog and in Britvino

Testimony of Rut (Fefer) Shemonovitz, born in Ostrog, Poland in 1925, regarding her life in Ostrog and in Britvino Life before the war; Soviet occupation; German occupation in 1941; expulsion and escape toward the east; escape to various villages; escape to Britvino; liberation; return to Poland; joining a group of the HaPoel HaMizrahi movement; aliya to Israel on the ship “Galila” in 1949; raising a family.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Roza (Segal) Romascanu, born in Lespezi, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences and those of her family in Lespezi, Pascani, Falticeni, Botosani and Communist Romania

Memoirs of Roza (Segal) Romascanu, born in Lespezi, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences and those of her family in Lespezi, Pascani, Falticeni, Botosani and Communist Romania Life at home; the Jewish community in Lespezi before the war; displays of antisemitism among the neighbors. Outbreak of the war; deportation of the Jewish men to an unknown place, among them, Roza's father, Shmuel Segal; deportation of Roza with her mother Rachel, her sisters, Mitza and Sophie along with the rest of the Jews from the village, to Pascani; transfer of the family to Falticeni two months later; release of her...

File Number : 8637

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fani Valdman, nee Soyfer, born in Stanita, Romania, in 1921, regarding her experiences in Stanita, in Roman and in labour camps

Testimony of Fani Valdman,nee Soyfer, born in Stanita, Romania, in 1921 regarding her experiences in Stanita, Roman and in labour camps Life in Stanita, her father owned a grocery store and a tavern; stabbing of her mother by anti-semitic thugs; German occupation in 1941; deportation on foot to Roman; liquidation of the family business; transfer to labour camps; family stays at the synagogue in Roman; they live on odd jobs; crossing the border to Hungary; aliya to Israel from Italy on the "Caserta" ship in 1948; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

עדות של בוקובזה סוסו יוסף, יליד Mahdia טוניסיה 1923, על קורות משפחתו ב-Mahdia בתקופת המלחמה

Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documents of Ruth Zeira, regarding the sailing of the "Exodus" ship, 1947 and regarding her parents, Berthe and Harry Seckels from Köln, Germany, who were deported to Drancy and then to Auschwitz, August 1942 Included in the file: - Article from the "Hadashot" newspaper, published, 1987 regarding the story of Ruth and her husband Micky Zeira, who met on the "Exodus" ship and later married; - Information regarding Selma Seckels, an aunt of the submitter of the material, and her sister Edit; Note: The Seckles family owned a business before the war; Ruth's mother Berta Seckels perished in...

File Number : 1463

Type of Material : Record of Survivors, Certification, Record of Murdered Persons, Personal Documents, Photograph

Language : Hebrew, French, German

Personal documentation belonging to Géza Hajdu from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May 1945

Personal documentation belonging to Géza Hajdu from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, May 1945 Also in the file: - A document from the Red Cross (Administration of the camp was passed on to the Red Cross Organization by the Germans before the end of the war) signed by Dr. Leo Baeck; distribution of the document to former Theresienstadt inmates before the (official) liberation; the document asks the former inmates not to leave the camp: "In Theresienstadt, you are safe; the war is not over yet; those who leave Theresienstadt will be exposing themselves to the dangers of the war...", 06 May 1945; - Certificate...

File Number : 469

Type of Material : Poster, Personal Documents

Language : Czech, Russian, German

Personal documentation belonging to Katharina Kohn, born in Ada, Yugoslavia, who was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1945

Personal documentation belonging to Katharina Kohn, born in Ada, Yugoslavia, who was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1945 In the file: - Labor card, immunization card and more Notes from the woman who submitted the material: Occupation of Ada by the German Army, 19 March 1944; transfer of Katarina with her parents, Irma and Meir Kohn, and the rest of the Jews from Ada to the synagogue building; deportation by train to Szeged; deportation to the Stutthof camp; camp life for approximately 10 days; transfer to a government agricultural farm near Znaim, Czechoslovakia; life on the farm until...

File Number : 468

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : German

Memoirs of Joseph Kashinski, born in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Lublin, Lwow, Kazakhstan, Uzbekhistan and other places

Memoirs of Joseph Kashinski, born in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Lublin, Lwow, Kazakhstan, Uzbekhistan and other places German declaration of the Upper Silesia area, including Dabrowa Gornicza, as "Judenrein" (Free of Jews), 1939; German intention to build a colony in the Lublin area; Kashinski's agreement to move to Lublin; escape to the Soviet Union after discovering that the colony will be turned into the Majdanek concentration camp; sending a letter to the Red Cross with a request that they clarify his parents' fate; receiving an answer from the Red Cross regarding his...

File Number : 8227

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 2036

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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