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Testimony of Zelman Buchbinder, born in Ternovo, Czechoslovakia, in 1926 regarding the deportation to Auschwitz, Plaszow and regarding the labor camp Mauthausen

Testimony

Childhood in Ternovo; community life in Ternovo; good relations between Jews and non-Jews in Ternovo; invasion of the Hungarians in 1939; recruiting the elder brothers to Hungarian labor camps; anti-Jewish legislation;riots; harming the rabbi of the community; German occupation; deportation of the family to Mateszalka ghetto, Hungary in March 1944; conditions in the ghetto; diseases; yellow badge; deportation of the family to Auschwitz Birkenau; "aktion" by Mengele; crematorium; starvation; death of family members; transfer to Plaszow camp,Poland about 2 weeks later; beating of inmates; murder of inmates by the...

File Number : 13776

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tzipora Frieda (Markovitz) Nemesh, born in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia in 1919, regarding her experiences in Mukačevo Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zittau camps

Testimony of Tzipora Frieda (Markovitz) Nemesh, born in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia in 1919, regarding her experiences in Mukačevo Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zittau camps Life before the war; receiving a Hebrew education; activity in Hashomer Hatza’ir youth movement; publication of blood libel; German occupation in March 1944; expulsion to ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; murder of part of the family in camp; transfer to Zittau about six months later; life in camp; labor in factory; liberation by Red Army; life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1956; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Red Cross letter sent by Therese Kantor from Prague to her daughter Ilse Kantor in Eretz Israel, 21 April 1941

Red Cross letter sent by Therese Kantor from Prague to her daughter Ilse Kantor in Eretz Israel, 21 April 1941 Expresiions of joy at receiving a sign of life from her daughter Ilse; notifying regarding the health of relatives; Comments by the submitter of the material: Therese (Berg) Kantor, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1878; had three children; Friedrich Torberg, who received a certificate to the United States on account of his being a writer, and he returned to Austria following the war; Sidi Kantor was deported to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz together with her mother where they both perished; Ilse...

File Number : 1862

Type of Material : Record of Deportees, Red Cross Letter, Record of Persecuted Persons, Record of Murdered Persons

Language : German

Testimony of Edith Dita (Polach) Kraus, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps

Testimony

Testimony of Edith Dita (Polach) Kraus, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and other camps Camp life in Theresienstadt; transfer to Auschwitz; life in Auschwitz; transfer to other camps.

File Number : 13479

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Ari Wiezen, born in Trebisov, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oranienburg, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Ari Wiezen, born in Trebisov, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Kosice Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oranienburg, Mauthausen and other places From an ultra-Orthodox family; learns in a "heder" and a local school until 1939; learns in a yeshiva until 1942. Escape to Hungary and information regarding what is happening in the extermination camps, 1943; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Kosice Ghetto, May 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including labor as the assistant to an SS man; laying tefillin in secret in his workplace; transfer...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea (Breuer) Levinger, born in Dunajska Streda, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Plaszow, Aschersleben and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Breuer) Levinger, born in Dunajska Streda, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Plaszow, Aschersleben and other places Life before the war; ultra-Orthodox family. Re-annexation to Hungary, September 1943; anti-Jewish restrictions including the yellow badge; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, May 1944; Dunajska Streda Ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including separation from her parents, June 1944; transfer to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Plaszow; camp life;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of David Kohn, born in Rimavska Sobota, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Rimavska Sobota, using a false identity in Budapest, Cegled, the Kasztner train, Bergen-Belsen and other places Life before the war; learns in a "heder". Deportation of his family due to his father's support of Tomas Masaryk (the first President of unified Czechoslovakia, 1918),1939; escape to acquaintances and family members in various villages; separation from his parents; escape back to Rimavska Sobota; life in Rimavska Sobota including attending various schools; expulsion from the school,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Weiss Klemfner Lea born in Mukacevo Czechoslovakia 1928.

Testimony

Testimony of Lea Lili (Klemfner) Weiss, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences as a child in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Proskau Ueber Oppeln area Life in Mukacevo before the war; attends a Czechoslovakian school. German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto, April 1944; Mukacevo Ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a train, May 1944; camp life including labor digging bunkers; death march, January 1945; life during the march including the murder of her sister; escape in the area of Proskau Ueber Oppeln, March 1945. Return...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eti Berkovitz, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Tacovo, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salzwedel

Testimony

Testimony of Eti Berkovitz, born in Tacovo, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Tacovo, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salzwedel Life in Tacovo before the war; hasidic family; attends a state school until 1938. Re-annexation to Hungary; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; camp life; transfer to Salzwedel, 1944; camp life including labor in an ammunitions factory; rescue by a female SS officer named Annalise Schmidt; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Return to her family's home; life in her family's home including reunion with her father and brother;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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