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Testimony of Ruth Heilman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Katowice, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula, in hiding and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth Heilman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in Katowice, the Sosnowiec Ghetto, Srodula, in hiding and in other places Her childhood; move to Katowice, 1929; life in Katowice including attending a school; attends a Polish high school; musical education and activities in Hanoar Hatzioni; displays of antisemitism before the war; help to Jewish refugees before the war; move back to Sosnowiec, 1939. Outbreak of the war; escape in a convoy to Katowice; burning of synagogues; move back to Sosnowiec; life in the Jewish area in Sosnowiec including acts of abuse on Jews and...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Farkash) Leibovitz, born in Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Nove Zamky, in hiding, using a false identity, in Teplice and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Farkash) Leibovitz, born in Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Nove Zamky, in hiding, using a false identity, in Teplice and other places Life under Hungarian rule, 1938; draft of her brothers to the Hungarian Army, to forced labor; help by her family in the smuggle of children from Slovakia to Budapest, 1942; her father is informed on; her father's detention in house arrest; in hiding while hidden by a Slovakian Christian family in Urmin, Slovakia, in exchange for payment, 1944; life while using a false identity as Maria Yablonka; move from the Slovakian...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Joint testimony of Martin Marco, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1911, and Menachem Marco Maron, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding their experiences in Bucharest and Israel

Testimony

Joint testimony of Martin Marco, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1911, and Menachem Marco Maron, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding their experiences in Bucharest and Israel Testimony of Martin Marco: Events in Romania during World War I, 1914-1918; draft into the Romanian Army, 1932; serves as a stamp collector and philately expert in service to King Carol; life in Bucharest including antisemitism, 1930s; witness travels on missions to various cities in Europe in the context of his work as a consultant and expert for stamp collectors, and as an expert in the counterfeiting [forgery] of stamps,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yosef Nissimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1933, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Karnobat

Testimony

Testimony of Yosef Nissimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1933, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Karnobat Childhood in a traditional home; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel; cancellation of the triip. Deterioraton of the living conditions of the Jews, 1939; selling of the house and preparations for the future in light of increasing displays of anti-Semitism; legislation protecting the nation and worsening conditions, January 1941; yellow badge;deportation of his father to work within the "Work Obligation" framework , and his return a few days later; demonstration protesting deportation of the Jews...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Henia Hermina (Felzman) Eizenman, born in Ilnice, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Peterswaldau

Testimony

Testimony of Henia Hermina (Felzman) Eizenman, born in Ilnice, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Berehovo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Peterswaldau Life on an agricultural farm. Life under Hungarian rule; German occupation, spring 1944; deportation to the Berehovo Ghetto in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by train; camp life; transfer to Peterswaldau; camp life including labor in a factory; liberation, May 1945. Return home; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus, summer 1947; aliya to Israel, February 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mikulash Gutman, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Gleiwitz

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Testimony of Mikulash Gutman, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Gleiwitz Only child; small Jewish community in Velke Ripnany; his father is the manager of an agricultural farm; move to Topolcany following his father's bankruptcy before 1938; witness attends a state Jewish school; death of his father, 1938; life in a Neolog community in Topolcany. Outbreak of the war; decrees, 1939; attempts to stop deportations of Jews to extermination camps; increase in the persecutions after the Slovak National Uprising, 1944; his mother's escape; capture...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shneur Angler Alger, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Shneur Angler Alger, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Life in Cernauti before the war; from a well-to-do Zionist family. Soviet occupation, June 1940; persecution of well-to-do Jews; deportation of his uncle's family to Siberia; German-Romanian occupation, June 1941; murder of respected members of the Jewish community including the Chief Rabbi; deportation with Jewish neighbors to a military cellar; brutality of the Romanian soldiers; release and return to the family home; murder of Jews; burning...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dvora Doncea (Katz) Ofek, born in Sarghieni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and using a false identity in Bucharest

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Testimony of Dvora Doncea (Katz) Ofek, born in Sarghieni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and using a false identity in Bucharest From a large family orphaned of their mother; move to Cernauti, 1930; Hanoar Hatzioni activities. Soviet occupation, June 1940; deportations to Siberia; witness is forced to attend school on Jewish religious holidays; ban on youth movement activities; draft of her brother into the Red Army and his disappearance; Soviet retreat; murder and robbery of the Jews by the local rabble; German occupation, June 1941; yellow badge; deportation to the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Kurt Yaakov Valter, born in Bamberg, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Germany, Westerbork and the Westerweel underground

Testimony

Testimony of Kurt Yaakov Valter, born in Bamberg, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Germany, Westerbork and the Westerweel underground Financially secure family; Nazi rise to power, 1933; anti-Jewish legislation; teachers wearing Nazi uniforms at school; move to a Jewish school in Coburg, 1935; attempts to receive a visa to the United States; anti-Jewish propaganda; Kristallnacht, November 1938; his father was forced to sell his business; help from a non-Jewish acquaintance; emigration to the Netherlands, August 1939; aliya training in Wieringen. German occupation, May 1940; deportation of the...

File Number : 12755

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ella (Grinspan) Przetacki, born in Chorzow, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto and Waltzer

Testimony

Testimony of Ella (Grinspan) Przetacki, born in Chorzow, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Sosnowiec Ghetto and Waltzer Life before the war; attends a Hebrew school; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; German occupation; deportation to the Sosnowiec Ghetto; ghetto life including work in an orphanage; deportation of her mother to Auschwitz; in hiding during an "Aktion"; deportation to Waltzer Czechoslovakia; camp life including labor weaving textiles and laying railroad tracks; deaths of her two sisters; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Poland; marriage, 1945; move to...

File Number : 12330

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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