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Testimony of Blanka Rosenberg regarding her experiences in the Kolomyja Ghetto

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Testimony of Blanka Rosenberg regarding her experiences in the Kolomyja Ghetto German occupation, 25 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews including establishment of a Judenrat; witness is drafted to forced labor laying railroad tracks; Judenrat activities; deportation of the Jews to the synagogue and burning of the synagogue by the Germans; deportation to the Kolomyja Ghetto; ghetto life including rescue from deportation to Szeparowce on Yom Kippur (01 October) 1941; finds a hiding place with her son in a factory and is saved from deportation, Pesach (01 April) 1942; exposure of hiding places and burning of...

File Number : 407

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of E. Ackerbaum, born in Drágabártfalva, Hungary in 1908, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Stary Oskol, and in Schachendorf, Mauthausen, Günskirchen and other camps Deportation to forced labor in service in a labor battalion at the Eastern front starting in 1942; life in the severe cold; transfer to Manturovo / Mantura; labor there for eight days, shoveling snow; torture by Hungarian soldiers; murder of laborers by beatings as punishment for keeping warm clothing in a satchel; transfer to Stary Oskol; murder of forced laborers in Stary Oskol; transfer to Stepanovka;...

File Number : 183

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Ignác Eidlisz, born in Királyhelmec, Czechoslovakia in 1921, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kőszeg and Mohács, and in Feldbach, Graz and other camps

Testimony of Ignác Eidlisz, born in Királyhelmec, Czechoslovakia in 1921, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kőszeg and Mohács, and in Feldbach, Graz and other camps Imposition of restrictions on the Jews in 1938; unsuccessful attempt to purchase bread in 1941; informing on; revocation of their business license; holding of searches in their home; abuse; breaking of windows in the synagogue; he presents himself to the authorities at the draft center, for forced labor in a labor battalion in Kőszeg on 05/10/1942; life under the command of László Függő; life during training;...

File Number : 2860

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of György Bányai, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1920, regarding his experiences in service in a labor battalion in Bereck and Sepsiszentgyörgy, and in Kópháza, Mauthausen and other camps Deportation to forced labor in service in the labor battalion in Bereck in October 1941; labor in the forests; torture and starvation by the commander, Boldizsár [his first name is unknown]; hostile treatment by the Hungarian officer, Miklós Lipcsei; transfer from Sepsiszentgyörgy to Szentkirályszabadja in 1943; receipt of insufficient food; cruel treatment by Hungarian soldiers; death of laborers due to hunger and...

File Number : 2473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Ferencné Lengyel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Óbuda detention camp, in Hegyeshalom and in Kaufering Landsberg and Kaufering Türkheim camps and more Capture by members of the Arrow Cross, 09 November 1944; deportation to the Óbuda detention camp; suicides; deportation on a death march to Hegyeshalom, 10 November 1944; life on the march for eight days; arrival in Dorog under the command of members of the Arrow Cross and being handed over to Hungarian soldiers; sleeping there outdoors without shelter; receiving a small amount of soup and a slice of bread every...

File Number : 1954

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Lajos Smilovits, born in Bilke, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Beregszász Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Monowitz and Sosnowice camps and more

Testimony of Lajos Smilovits, born in Bilke, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Beregszász Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Monowitz and Sosnowice camps and more Deportation to the Beregszász Ghetto together with his family; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau together with family members, his mother, father, three sisters and his brother, April 1944; arrival in the camp, 01 May 1944; selection; camp life for five days; transfer together with his brother to Monowitz camp, 06 May 1944; camp life for eight months; labor; torture by the Block Elder (Blockälteste); being subjected to physical...

File Number : 1810

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of László Bolgár, born in Újpest, Hungary, 1910, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Hungary and in Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps

Testimony of László Bolgár, born in Újpest, Hungary, 1910, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Hungary and in Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Szentendre, 03 July 1942; life in Borgóprund under the Swabian (sváb/Ungarndeutsche-Hungarians of ethnic German origin) commander Jung Károly; being subjected to physical torture by János Foncsik, the guard; deportation to an assembly point in Esztergom; life there; transfer back to Borgóprund; transfer to Sepsiszentgyörgy; life there; receiving fair treatment by the commander; transfer to Budapest;...

File Number : 1789

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Adolf Frühof, born in Újpest, Hungary, 1894, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Tokaj, Budapest and in Sachsenhausen and Oranienburg camps

Testimony of Adolf Frühof, born in Újpest, Hungary, 1894, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Tokaj, Budapest and in Sachsenhausen and Oranienburg camps Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Tokaj, 1940; life in Tokaj for three months; labor in a workshop as an electrician; release from the Army; dismissal from his job on account of anti-Jewish legislation, 1941; work as an electrician for the Chinoin factory in Budapest; transfer to forced labor in a labor battalion in Vác, 1942; life in Vác for 14 days; receiving an exemption from forced labor through by request of the Chinoin...

File Number : 1741

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Etel Feuerstein, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Boizenburg camps

Testimony of Etel Feuerstein, born in Munkács, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in the Munkács Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Boizenburg camps Their home was on a street (in the area) marked as the Munkács Ghetto, so they remained in their home and additional Jewish families were put into their home to live; beatings, in particular on Shabbat; burning of men's sidelocks and talitot; searches in homes; daily theft; transfer to a brick factory, two weeks later; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, several days later; the deportation train, and travel that lasts for three days; each...

File Number : 667

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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File Number : 3017

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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