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Testimony of Joel Brandwein, born in 1928 in Piotrkow, Poland - regarding his experiences in the ghetto, Pionki camp and other camps

Testimony of Joel Brandwein, born in 1928 in Piotrkow, Poland - regarding his experiences in the ghetto, Pionki camp and other camps Childhood in Piotrkow; German occupation in September of 1939; abuse; cutting off beards and sidelocks of worshipers in the synagogue; community help to refugees from Germany; kidnappings for forced labor; expulsion to the Piotrkow Ghetto in October of 1939; the Judenrat; mutual aid; forced labor; receiving help from non-Jews; confiscation of property; liquidation of the large ghetto in October 1942; the family goes into hiding in the attic; captured by the Gestapo about two...

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Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp Life before the war; attends the Hebrew high school. German occupation; yellow badge; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto; transfer of her father and other Jews to the Great Synagogue; abuse of the Jews by Hungarian soldiers; liquidation of the ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz by death march; camp life; murder of her father, grandfather and grandmother; life in Birkenau in the Gypsy camp; transfer of the Gypsies to the gas...

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Testimony of Herman Leber, born in 1925 in Podkamien, Poland, about his experiences in the Pokdamien ghetto and camp, a bunker in the forest, and in the ranks of the Red Army

Life before the war; offspring of a traditional Zionist merchant family; attends a Polish-Russian school, a Jewish school, and a cheder; active in the Bnei Akiva movement; receiving refugees from Poland after war breaks out; Soviet occupation ensues in June 1939; refugees deported to Russia; German occupation ensues in 1941; Germans collaborate with Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans); Jews deported to a ghetto out of town; men taken away for forced labor; 1,500 Jews ronded up in a synagogue that is blown up; men taken away for labor at a quarry near Sasów; prisoners abused by Lithuanian and Ukrainian guards; ghetto...

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Testimony of Dov Beni Reicher, born in Rozwadow, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rozwadow, Ulanov, Lubaczow and Pervomaysk

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Testimony of Dov Beni Reicher, born in Rozwadow, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Rozwadow, Ulanov, Lubaczow and Pervomaysk Life before the war; joins the Hashomer Hatzair movement; receives a Zionist education. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to Ulanov; escape back to Rozwadow; life in Rozwadow under the German occupation; deportation to forced labor; escape to Lubaczow with his family; life in Lubaczow under the Soviet occupation; escape to Pervomaysk; life in Pervomaysk; labor for the Soviets, 1940-1945; end of the war. Move to Waldenburg; life in Waldenburg; activities in the Hapoel...

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Testimony of Zelig Indig, born in Reghin, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, a labor battalion in Heviz and in Felsogalla

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Testimony of Zelig Indig, born in Reghin, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Reghin Ghetto, a labor battalion in Heviz and in Felsogalla Religious family. Annexation to Hungary, 1940; revocation of his father's business license; increase in antisemitism; restrictions on movement; life under the Hungarian regime, 1944; confiscation of property including their home; deportation to the Reghin Ghetto in a brick factory; overcrowding; draft to labor battalion number 110/33; transfer to Heviz; drills and humiliations; transfer to a railroad station in Monor approximately two weeks later; life in...

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Testimony of Yaakov Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Herta, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Romanca and other places

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Testimony of Yaakov Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Herta, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Romanca and other places Life in Herta before the war; education. Pogrom by the Romanians and Germans including desecration of Torah scrolls; murder of Jews and their burial in mass graves; concentration of Jews in the synagogue and a cellar under guard by Romanian gendarmes; murder of his grandmother; deportation to Transnistria; transfer to Atachi on foot; crossing the river on rafts and transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; scattering of the Jews in villages; transfer to Romanca with his family;...

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Testimony of Menachem Haftka, born in Kozminek, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Kozminek Ghetto, Opatowek Ghetto, Schwenningen, Auschwitz and other places

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Testimony of Menachem Haftka, born in Kozminek, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Kozminek Ghetto, Opatowek Ghetto, Schwenningen, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; education; Hechalutz activities; his father's death, 1937. German occupation; desecration of the synagogue and burning of Torah scrolls; shearing of beards of Jews; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge; deportation to the Kozminek Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to the Opatowek Ghetto; evacuation of the ghetto and murder of Jews in gas trucks; deportation of relatives to Lodz; deportation to Schwenningen by...

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