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Testimony of Zelman Buchbinder, born in Ternovo, Czechoslovakia, in 1926 regarding the deportation to Auschwitz, Plaszow and regarding the labor camp Mauthausen

Childhood in Ternovo; community life in Ternovo; good relations between Jews and non-Jews in Ternovo; invasion of the Hungarians in 1939; recruiting the elder brothers to Hungarian labor camps; anti-Jewish legislation;riots; harming the rabbi of the community; German occupation; deportation of the family to Mateszalka ghetto, Hungary in March 1944; conditions in the ghetto; diseases; yellow badge; deportation of the family to Auschwitz Birkenau; "aktion" by Mengele; crematorium; starvation; death of family members; transfer to Plaszow camp,Poland about 2 weeks later; beating of inmates; murder of inmates by the...

File Number : 13776

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara Avni Veinshtein, born in 1926 in Białystok, Poland, about deportation to Kazakhstan in 1940, internment in camps in Siberia, and forced labor in Ukraine during the war

Childhood and family in Białystok and Orla; deportation to Kazakhstan in 1940; sent to labor camps in Siberia and then to forced labor in Ukraine; hunger; diseases including typhus; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1946; deportation to Cyprus, immigration to Eretz Israel; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 13581

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Nathalie Borowski, born in Seraing, Belgium, 1926, regarding her experiences in Seraing, the Toulouse area and while using a false name in Jemeppe and Louette-Saint-Pierre

Memoirs of Nathalie Borowski, born in Seraing, Belgium, 1926, regarding her experiences in Seraing, the Toulouse area and while using a false name in Jemeppe and Louette-Saint-Pierre German occupation, and escape from Belgium to France with her family, May 1940; life in the Toulouse area; escape to Belgium, June 1941; life in Seraing; activities in the Dror movement; life in Jemeppe while using the false name Nicole Boulanger, August 1942; life in Louette-Saint-Pierre while using her false name, until September 1944.

File Number : 8400

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

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File Number : 13768

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuven Danziger, born in 1926 in Kozienice, Poland, about his experiences in Kozienice and in camps in Poland and Germany, 1942–1945

Life before the war; war erupts; mother dies in 1942; deportation to camps in Wolanow, Skarzysko, Częstochowa, and Buchenwald in 1942–1945; death of two younger brothers and father; life in Buchenwald; liberation; immigration to Eretz Israel; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 13532

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliahu Zikher, born in 1931 in Dubeczno, Poland, about his experiences as a boy in the Włodawa ghetto, forests in the Lublin area, with a peasant, etc., during the war, and in children's homes after the war

Life before the war; offspring of a traditional affluent family; active in the Betar movement; attends a Polish school and a cheder at the same time; German occupation ensues; children's Aktion and rescue by mother; deportation to the Włodawa ghetto; Aktion; mother murdred; escapes ith father and sister to the Hadampol camp (an open camp); Aktion the camp and escape to nearby forests; father murdered by Poles; lives in forests near Lublin for two and a half years; difficulty in joining groups in the forests as children; works as a shepherd for a peasant on Zahajki; liberation and return to Dubeczno; joins the...

File Number : 13557

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haviva Luba Barakh née Obis, born in 1932 in Jarczów-Kolonia Pierwsza, Poland, about her experiences as a girl in the Piaski ghetto and with a non-Jewish family in Gielczew

Offspring of a family of merchants in Jarczów-Kolonia Pierwsza; German occupation ensues in 1939; eviction from the village and loss of livelihood; sleeing in non-Jews' granaries; Jews of the area sent to the Piaski ghetto; digging a bunker in the field as oppression mounts; five family members find a hidout in a bunker and stay there in 1941–1942; searching for food at night; manhunt by collaborators; hearing rumors about liquidation of the ghettos; placed with a non-Jewish family in Gielczew in late 1942; brother murdered in the field; parents and sister captured and murdered in Majdanek; villagers hostile;...

File Number : 13511

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Zilbert, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding on the Aryan side and during the Warsaw Polish Uprising

Testimony of David Zilbert, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding on the Aryan side and during the Warsaw Polish Uprising Leaving the Warsaw Ghetto, late 1940; selling newspapers; selling cigarettes in the Three Crosses Square; in hiding in various places in Warsaw using a false identity, 1941-1944; murder of his family in Treblinka, 1942; taking part in the Warsaw Polish Uprising, August 1944. Living in a Coordination organization kibbutz, 1946; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; fighting with the Palmach, 1947-1948;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto and Szeged

Testimony of Dov Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1933, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto and Szeged Orthodox, religious family; attitude of the Christians, before the war; increase in antisemitism. German Army occupation of Budapest; life under German occupation including expulsion from school; decree regarding wearing a yellow badge and acts of harassment on the street; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; handing over of money and gold; Budapest Ghetto life including overcrowding and hunger; capture of his father and his deportation to labor; disappearance of his father; his sister...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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