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Testimony of Moshe Hofshteter, born in Rzeszow, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in Rzeszow, in the Lwow Ghetto and while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Hofshteter, born in Rzeszow, Poland in 1925, regarding his experiences in Rzeszow, in the Lwow Ghetto and while using a false identity Life before the war; Outbreak of the war and escape to Lwow with his family; German occupation; Lwow Ghetto life; "Aktions" and escape from the ghetto, using forged documents; liberation; Return to Lwow; studies; attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Enzo Sereni" ship; detention in Atlit camp; starts a family.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Svimer, born in Kelca, Czechoslovakia, in 1924, regarding his experiences hiding in Kelca and in the ranks of an underground organization in Budapest

Testimony of Arie Svimer,born in Kelca, Czechoslovakia,in 1924,regarding his experiences in hiding in Kelca and in the ranks of an underground group in Budapest Life in Kelca during re-annexation of the place to Hungary; finding a hiding place in a cowshed with a non-Jewish family; separation from the parents; escape to Budapest; working there as a fur tailor; activity as a messenger in the ranks of an underground group whose activity was forging documents; forging documents; emigration to Israel on board the ship "Knesset Israel" in 1947; detention in Cyprus; Aliya to Israel; absorption and rehabilitation;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mina-Mira Rechter-Lavi, born in 1928 regarding her experiences in Chutin, Bessarabia and Romania, 1940-1947

Testimony of Mina-Mira Rechter-Lavi, born in 1928 regarding her experiences in Chutin, Bessarabia and Romania, 1940-1947 Occupation of Chutin by the Red Army,1940; closing of parents' store from fear of abuse by the Soviets; air-raids on Chutin by the Germans and Romanians, 1941; family moves to the home of Uncle Shlomo after their house is destroyed in the air-raids; deportation of the Jews of Chutin to Mogilev via Sikuren and other towns; deportation to the Mogilev Ghetto;draft of Leibel, her father, to forced labor; death of the father. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via Bucharest and from...

File Number : 351

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arnon Armand Melamed, born in Varna, Bulgaria, 1924, regarding his experiences in Karlovac and the Smedovo labor camp

Testimony

Testimony of Arnon Armand Melamed, born in Varna, Bulgaria, 1924, regarding his experiences in Karlovac and the Smedovo labor camp Childhood; attends a German school; expulsion from school, 1939; Family's decision to move to Sofia; move to Karlovac, Yugoslavia, 1943; deportation to the Smedovo labor camp; camp life until liberation of Bulgaria by the Red Army, 1944. Return to Varna; joins a group intending to make aliya to Eretz Israel; unsuccessful aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus and escape with friends; aliya to Israel without certificates, August 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Malka Iuliana (Hegedus) Nuriel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1933, regarding her experiences in a marked house and under the protection of the Red Cross

Testimony

Testimony of Malka Iuliana (Hegedus) Nuriel, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1933, regarding her experiences in a marked house and under the protection of the Red Cross German occupation, 1944; concentration of the Jews in a stadium; transfer to a marked house; yellow badge; drafting of her father to labor battalions; deportation with her mother to a death march, October 1944; concentration of children in a synagogue under the protection of the Red Cross; entry of the Red Army. Reunion with family members; joins Gordonia with her brother; crossing the border illegally; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Fredi Lev, born in Vac, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vac, the Monor Ghetto, the Trzebinia camp, Auschwitz and Buna

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Fredi Lev, born in Vac, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in Vac, the Monor Ghetto, the Trzebinia camp, Auschwitz and Buna Life before the war; from a religious family. German occupation, 1944; life in the Monor ghetto as a Jewish policeman; deportation to Auschwitz; life in the Trzebinia camp; life in Buna; the Germans flee; finding a hiding place; liberation, December 1944. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Henrietta Szold", 1946.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Collection of the Amersfoort transit camp in the Netherlands, dated, 1942-1964

Collection of the Amersfoort transit camp in the Netherlands, dated, 1942-1964 Amersfoort camp was built by the Dutch Army in 1939; following the German occupation in 1940, the Germans started to use the camp as a rest place for the German soldiers; the German authorities decided to expand the camp in 1941 and to turn it into a transit camp, called Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort; approximately 35,000 inmates passed through Amersfoort camp during the war, most of them political prisoners, but also Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, marginal people, people who refused to do labor, hostages, and criminals;...

Type of Material : Announcement, Testimony, List of Murdered Persons, List of Camp Inmates, Letter, Certification, Questionnaire, Diary, Document, Legal Documentation, Reports, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mina Rika (Lidski) Dzialovski, born in Olszany, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Wolozyn Ghetto, Kaunas, Stutthof and on a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Mina Rika (Lidski) Dzialovski, born in Olszany, Poland, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Wolozyn Ghetto, Kaunas, Stutthof and on a death march From a religious family; the farm owns a farm; attends a Tarbut school. German occupation, September 1939; escape attempt to the Soviet Union; deportation to the Wolozyn Ghetto; ghetto life including labor logging trees; escape back to Olzsany, 1941; deportation to Kaunas; camp life including labor paving roads and afterwards in the laundry; transfer to Stutthof, 1943; camp life including labor digging; death march, January 1945; liberation by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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