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Testimony of Marta Reizner Fisher, born in 1925 in Vag Farkasd, Slovakia, regarding the Nove ‎Zamky Ghetto, and Auschwitz and Langenbielau concentration camps

Testimony of Marta Reizner Fisher, born in 1925 in Vag Farkasd, Slovakia, regarding the Nove ‎Zamky Ghetto, and Auschwitz and Langenbielau concentration camps Life under the Hungarian regime in 1938; move to Budapest, Hungary in 1941; return to Vag ‎Farkasd in 1942; German occupation in 1944; transfer of Marta and her sisters to a farm for a few ‎weeks; deportation to Sala Ghetto in 1944; transfer to Nove Zamky Ghetto in 1944; deportation to ‎Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 for two months; transfer to a labor camp in Langenbielau, Germany in ‎‎1944; forced labor at Langenbielau sewing uniforms and clothes for...

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Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13703

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Leb Margalit, born in Galgau, Romania, in 1928 regarding the Dej ghetto, Auschwitz Birkenau and other camps

Childhood in Galgau and in Deja; invasion of the Hungarians in 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; recruiting for labor battalions; deterioration of the economic situation; German occupation in March 1944; yellow badge; confiscation of property; deportation to the Dej ghetto; life under the sky; starvation; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau in June 1944; camp admission process; life in the camp; starvation and thirst; transfer to Bremen about 2 months later; working in clearing the ruins; getting help from German citizens; mutual help; transfer to Bergen Belsen; typhus epidemic; piles of corpses; liberation by the...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13712

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

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Testimony of Yehudit Blom, nee Fridman, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, ,in 1930 regarding her experiences as a young girl in the Uzhorod ghetto, and in camps in Poland and Germany during the war.

Testimony of Yehudit Blom nee Fridman, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, in 1930, regarding her experiences as a girl in the Uzhorod ghetto and in camps in Poland and Germany during the war Life before the war; annexation of the new place to Hungary in 1938; deportation of the stateless ; arrival of refugees; German occupation in March 1944; confiscation of property; deportation to the Uzhorod ghetto at the end of April 1944; life in the ghetto for about 6 weeks; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; life in the camp; starvation; transfer to Gelsenkirchen; life in the camp; work in clearing rubble; starvation;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13597

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

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Testimony of Sara (Fogel) Rovinsky, born in Petrova, Romania in 1929, regarding her life in Petrova, in Viseul de Sus Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen, and other camps

Testimony of Sara (Fogel) Rovinsky, born in Petrova, Romania in 1929, regarding her life in Petrova, in Viseul de Sus Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen, and other camps Childhood in Petrova; Hungarian occupation in 1940; rise of antisemitism among the local population; anti-Jewish legislation; revocation of family’s business license; expulsion from school in 1942; transfer of people to labor brigades; German occupation in March 1944; wearing of yellow badge; expulsion to Viseul de Sus Ghetto; hunger and overcrowding; deportation to Auschwitz about a month later; life in the camp; mutual help; suffering...

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Memoirs of Aron Farkas, born in Horincovo, Czechoslovakia, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Hungary, 1943, and a release certificate for Rózsi Herschkovics from Halbstadt camp, 14 May 1945 - Draft to a labor battalion in Ózd, October 1943; transfer to Kőszeg; stay in a hospital; return to Kőszeg; transfer to Bsattalion III/3, Repinne [?], near the Polish border; labor in digging, until late September 1944; arrival in Csap on foot; arrival at Kópháza labor camp; labor as a gravedigger in Kópháza camp; release from Kópháza camp, late April 1944; - Experiences of the family, deportation...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8573

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Document, Letter of Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Yehudit Brok née Stern, born in 1925 in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences in the ghettos of Galanta and Nove Zamky and in the Auschwitz and Hohenelbe camps until 1945

Hungary re-annexes the Galanta area and anti-Jewish violence in 1938; antisemitism escalates and authorities impose restrictions; German occupation ensues in 1944; father arrested and deported to a detention camp in Hungary in 1944; witness deported with mother and siblings to the Galanta ghetto for several days; deportation to a ghetto in a brickyard in Nove Zamky; deporation to Auschwitz in 1944; life in Auschwitz and receiving help from father; transferred to Hohenelbe; life in the camp; working at a factory that turns out aircraft parts; typhus; rescue by a non-Jewish Dutch nurse in 1945; liberation by Red...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13525

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 13649

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Berkovitz, born in 1925 in Sangeorgiul De Padure, Romania, about his experiences in Sangeorgiul De Padure, the Targu Mures ghetto, the Gleiwitz and Buna Monowitz camps, etc.

Testimony of Shmuel Berkovitz, born in 1925 in Sangeorgiul De Padure, Romania, about his experiences in Sangeorgiul De Padure, the Targu Mures ghetto, the Gleiwitz and Buna Monowitz camps, etc. Son of a Religious Zionist family; antisemitism; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1939; persecution of Zionists and Communists; inducted into labor battalions; German occupation ensues in March 1944; deportation to the Targu Mures ghetto; life in a brick factory, dispossession; deportation to Auschwitz several weeks later; transfer to Buna Monowitz; life in the camp; assigned to forced labor; hunger; Yom Kippur;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 13870

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

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results.listIds.fileNumber : 13587

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

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