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Testimony of Elza Zipora (Kamil) Pakher, born in Vijnita, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Vijnita, in Mogilev Podolskiy and in Dzhurin camp

Testimony of Elza Zipora (Kamil) Pakher, born in Vijnita, Romania in 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Vijnita, in Mogilev Podolskiy and in Dzhurin camp Life before the war; Deportation of her family to the Transnistria area in 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy; transfer to Dzhurin camp; separation from her parents along with her younger brother; Dzhurin camp life for four years; she takes care of her brother; Dzhurin camp life along with the other children; hunger; suffering from diseases; death of children in the camp; abuse of children by the Ukrainians; smuggle of food for partisans in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita

Testimony of Ruth (Zant) Helfman, born in Moldovita, Romania in 1930, regarding her experiences in Gura Humorului, Mogilev Podolskiy and Promesanita Life before the war; move to Gura Humorului, 1937; Deportation to the Transnistria area, autumn 1941; transfer to Mogilev Podolskiy on a march via Atachi; transfer on a march in the direction of Promesanita; shooting of the weak people; entrance into Promesanita; life in Promesanita in a pigsty; hunger; typhus disease; mass mortality; imposition of travel restrictions; liberation by the Red Army, 1944; Return to Romania; attempt to make illegal aliya to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Sakadzhiu, born in 1929 in Dorohoi, Romania, about his experiences in Dorohoi and deportation to transnistria during the war

Life before the war; offspring of a traditional family; good relations with the non-Jewish population; increase in antisemitism in 1937; 200 Jews murdered on June 1, 1940; Jewish refugees from shtetlach in the area arrive in June 1941; wearing the yellow star; businesses nationalized; witness deported by train to Atachi and thence to Mogilev, Transnistria; marched to Voroshilovka; life there under harsh conditions; witness suffers from illnesses and hunger; father sent to Zhmerinka; witness returns to the family home with the deportees from Dorohoi on December 20, 1943; local residents waylay; liberation by Red...

File Number : 13561

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliezer Perl, born in Iacobeni, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Iacobeni and Murafa

Testimony

Testimony of Eliezer Perl, born in Iacobeni, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Iacobeni and Murafa His family's life Iacobeni before the outbreak of the war. Deportation to Murafa, in Transnistria; life in Murafa; liberation. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1964; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliahu Alter Likvornik, born in Balaceana, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Balaceana, Suceava, Transnistria, Mogilev Podolski, Murafa and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Eliahu Alter Likvornik, born in Balaceana, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Balaceana, Suceava, Transnistria, Mogilev Podolski, Murafa and other places His childhood in Balaceana. Deportation to Suceava, 1941; life [in Suceava] including residence in the synagogue; transfer to Transnistria; life in Transnistria including the confiscation of their belongings; transfer to Mogilev Podolski via Atachi; life in Mogilev Podolski including overcrowding, hunger, stealing of food by children and a typhus epidemic; death of his parents from typhus, 1942; death of two siblings from typhus,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Salomea Hershku, born in Iasi, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences in Cernauti and during a deportation to Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Salomea Hershku, born in Iasi, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences in Cernauti and during a deportation to Transnistria Childhood and her family in Cernauti. Deportation to Transnistria; life in Transnistria. Aliya to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Liberman, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, labor battalions, Auschwitz, Gusen and on a death march to Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Liberman, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, labor battalions, Auschwitz, Gusen and on a death march to Gunskirchen Childhood; from a religious, Zionist family with eight children; studies in a "heder" and attendance in Romanian, Hungarian and vocational schools. Outbreak of the war; information regarding the fate of the Jews and disbelief; Hungarian occupation, 1938; draft to forced labor paving roads, 1942-1943; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto in a brick factory; murder of the intelligentsia and the wealthy members of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eynat Aron Zelkind, born in 1934 in Wilno, Lithuania, about his experiences as a boy in the Wilno ghetto and the H.K.P. camp

Testimony

Testimony of Eynat Aron Zelkind, born in 1934 in Wilno, Lithuania, about his experiences as a boy in the Wilno ghetto and the H.K.P. camp Life in the Wilno ghetto from September 1941 to mid-September 1943; deportation to the H.K.P. camp; life in the camp from mid-September 1943 to July 5, 1944; liberation by Red Army forces; immigration to Israel in 1950.

File Number : 13378

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvia Zila (Cvit) Raboi, born in Briceni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the deportation to Transnistria and in Sumovka

Testimony

Testimony of Zvia Zila (Cvit) Raboi, born in Briceni, Romania, 1925, regarding her experiences in the deportation to Transnistria and in Sumovka Childhood in Briceni; displays of antisemitism before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; cessation of Zionist activity; nationalization of property; German-Romanian occupation, summer 1941; murder of Jews on the streets; robbery of property by the local population; deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; murder of her father en route; arrival at Sumovka after a few months; hunger; crowding; typhus; death of her mother; fear of the Ukrainian militia; labor for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Israel Siegfried Schwartz, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1928, regarding deportation to Transnistria

Testimony

Testimony of Israel Siegfried Schwartz, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1928, regarding deportation to Transnistria Childhood in a rich family; family residence in Calarasi; his family livelihood maintains a large vineyard, a wine factory, a flour mill and orchards; studies at a Romanian school; family move to Cernauti; annexation of territory to the Soviet Union; living in Cernauti; studies in a Soviet school. The outbreak of war, 1941; the withdrawal of the Red Army; the invasion of the Romanian army; deportation of his family to the ghetto; concentration of the Jewish population and deportation to the train...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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