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Memoirs of Mikhail Tifbenkel, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine 1934, regarding his experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto until 1944

Memoirs of Mikhail Tifbenkel, born in Zhmerinka, Ukraine 1934, regarding his experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto until 1944 Family life in Zhmerinka before the war. Outbreak of the war; the family's decision not to leave [the house]; robbery of Jewish houses by local residents; pogroms in Brailov, 1942; murder of family members, including his grandmother in Brailov, 1942; life under Romanian rule in Zhmerinka; establishment of the Zhmerinka Ghetto, September 1941; ghetto life including yellow badge; visit of the Red Cross and its help to Jews in the ghetto; establishment of the Jewish police in the...

File Number : 8267

Type of Material : Drawing, Record of Survivors, Diagram, Map, Orders, Letter, Record of Murdered Persons, Memoirs

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Rut (Globinski) Marks, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1931 regarding her experiences during the German occupation of Kalisz, deportation to Sandomierz, in the Sandomierz Ghetto, escape to Warsaw and life using a false identity in Warsaw German occupation of Kalisz, and deportation of her family to Sandomierz, 1939; life in the Sandomierz Ghetto; her mother's work as a teacher in the ghetto; escape with her [female] cousin to the Aryan side of Warsaw, 1942; life with the Korstrzewe family using the false identy of a Polish Christian in Piastów, a suburb of Warsaw; arrest and execution of her cousin,...

File Number : 13442

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Hela (Herzfeld) Zarnovitzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Majdanek, Skarzysko-Kamienna and Bergen-Belsen camps and more Life before the war; from a traditional family; meets emissaries from Eretz Israel; meets with Jewish refugees from Germany; giving help to the refugees, 1938; Outbreak of the war; air-raids on Warsaw; stockpiling of food and money; constructing of hiding places in the homes; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; educational activities; plays; volunteer work done by professionals; cessation of...

File Number : 13309

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara (Rapaport) Deri, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Oszmiana and Vilna Ghettos and in Stutthof and Estonia camps

Testimony

Testimony of Sara (Rapaport) Deri, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in the Oszmiana and Vilna Ghettos and in Stutthof and Estonia camps Testimony regarding the family; her father is head of Beitar in Oszmiana; German occupation, June 1941; murder of her father together with approximately 800 men in a killing pit; people shutting themselves in their homes out of fear of being captured for labor; [deportation] order to move into the Oszmiana Ghetto; labor of her mother outside the ghetto in paving; the Tarbut school for children in the ghetto; "Aktions" and murder of the...

File Number : 13320

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rita (Dvorman) Gotman, born in Lwow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, the Warsaw Ghetto and in hiding outside the ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Rita (Dvorman) Gotman, born in Lwow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Lwow, the Warsaw Ghetto and in hiding outside the ghetto Life before the war; assimilated well-to-do family; identifies with Eretz Israel. Outbreak of the war; rejection of help from the Romanian consul; Soviet occupation; restrictions on Jewish businesses; sending of parcels to Siberia; arrest and murder of her father; temporary living quarters at their maid's who is originally from Germany; escape to Warsaw; difficulties in entering the sealed ghetto; ghetto life; attends a school for converted...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sara Kaliwach, born in Vilna, Poland in 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto

Memoirs of Sara Kaliwach, born in Vilna, Poland in 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto Included in the file is a scan regarding her work at Yad Vashem as of 1960.

File Number : 7506

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lea (Pinchuk) Zeiger, born in Rafalowka, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Rafalowka Ghetto, in hiding in a forest and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Lea (Pinchuk) Zeiger, born in Rafalowka, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Rafalowka Ghetto, in hiding in a forest and with the partisans Traditional family; Hebrew education when she attends a Tarbut school; activities in the Beitar movement. Outbreak of the war, 1939; attends a Soviet school; exile of wealthy people to Siberia; termination of private commerce; German occupation, 1941; termination of the Jews' trade activities and studies; deportation to the Rafalowka Ghetto; forced labor of young people; mass murder, and burial in a common grave; acts of murder; hides in a pit...

File Number : 12947

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Zvi Zweigenbaum, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Zvi Zweigenbaum, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Bedzin Ghetto, Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald and other places Life in Bedzin before the war; displays of antisemitism; meets Jewish deportees from Germany, 1938; Jewish community assistance to the deportees. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation; murder of Jews; murder of the intelligentsia; deportation of men to camps; deportation of young men to forced labor; life in the Bedzin Ghetto including educational activities; establishment of workshops to supply the needs of the German Army; learns...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Inter-office correspondence between the self-help organization in Jaslo and the main office in Krakow regarding requests for social assistance; the letters are signed by Mayer Fraenkel

File Number : 1070

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Polish

Letter written by Salo in Amsterdam to Lola Kramarsky in New York, regarding the Theresienstadt Ghetto; letter dated, 10/12/1945

File Number : 1214

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

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