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The testimony of Chaim Berchiyahu Barcher, born in 1933 in Kolomyja, Poland

The testimony of Chaim Berchiyahu Bercher, born in 1933 in Kolomyja, Poland. Childhood in a Hasidic family; Soviet occupation in 1939; German occupation in 1941; riots in the first days of the occupation; decrees; Aktions; establishment of a ghetto in 1942; Aktions; frequent selections; suicide of the head of the Judenrat; escape to Tluste during Hanukkah 1942; transfer to an agricultural farm in Holowczynce; Aktionin June 1943; transfer to Tluste for warehouse labor; attack by Bandra people on Purim 1944; liberation by the Red Army in March 1944; return to Krakow; manifestations of anti-Semitism; smuggled...

File Number : 13389

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Pepy (Holzer) Goldenberg, born in Suceava, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Transnistria, Kopaygorod, Bucovina and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Pepy (Holzer) Goldenberg, born in Suceava, Romania, 1929, regarding her experiences in Transnistria, Kopaygorod, Bucovina and Israel Her father's service as an Austro-Hungarian Army officer. Pogrom; help from the neighbors during the pogrom; deportation to Transnistria; beating of her father by a Ukrainian policeman; giving of bribery to a policeman; murder of elderly people and children; rescue from gunshots; murder of Jews in Bar; move to Kopaygorod with help from a German; typhus epidemic; her father's labor in a Romanian camp, in exchange for food; capture of her siblings; transfer of her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Gabis, born in Briceva, Romania, 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in Briceva, Razino, Bershad and Romanovka

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Gabis, born in Briceva, Romania, 1938, regarding his experiences as a child in Briceva, Razino, Bershad and Romanovka Life before the war; traditional family. Soviet occupation, 1940; cutting off of contact with his family in Romania; German-Romanian occupation, summer 1941; deportation to Transnistria; transfer on a march between villages; transfer to Razino; transfer on a march to Bershad; escape to Romanovka with the help of bribery; life in Romanovka; his father's labor; wearing of a yellow badge; liberation by the Red Army, March 1944. Return to his family's home; life in his...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Eisenkraft, born in Zablotow, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Sniatyn Ghetto, Kolomyja Ghetto and in Cernauti

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Eisenkraft, born in Zablotow, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Sniatyn Ghetto, Kolomyja Ghetto and in Cernauti His grandfather serves as the mayor of the city, before World War I; witness learns metalworking; move to Sniatyn. Outbreak of the war; move to the Soviet occupied zone; detention in a prison; deportation order due to his being a merchant; finds shelter with his family in Kolomyja; German occupation, 1941; declaration regarding the establishment of the Kolomyja Ghetto and the Judenrat; labor as a metal worker and a mechanic for a German company; murder of thousands...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Agnes (Rosza) Choban, born in Szarvas, Hungary, 1938, regarding her experiences and those of her family in the Szarvas Ghetto, Strasshof and Breclav

Testimony

Testimony of Agnes (Rosza) Choban, born in Szarvas, Hungary, 1938, regarding her experiences and those of her family in the Szarvas Ghetto, Strasshof and Breclav From a wealthy family. German occupation, 19 March 1944; deportation to the Szarvas Ghetto; transfer to a brick factory; deportation to Strasshof; arrival of her grandfather in Strasshof; treatment for scarlatina in Breclav; transfer back to Strasshof; air-raids by United States and British aircraft; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Move to Bratislava; help from the JDC; return to Szarvas; move to Budapest; illegally crosses the border into...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Klara (Grin) Farkash, born in Carei, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Satu-Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Praust

Testimony

Testimony of Klara (Grin) Farkash, born in Carei, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Satu-Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof and Praust Traditional family; life in Satu-Mare; membership in the Hanoar Hatzioni movement for a short period; attends an elementary and public school; learns sewing. German occupation, 1944; restrictions on movement; yellow badge; draft of her brother to a labor camp; deportation to the Satu-Mare Ghetto; release of her brother and he joins the family in the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz in a freight train in a sealed railroad car for four days; selection; separation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of Jews in the Masseube camp, France, 25 January 1944

List of Jews in the Masseube camp, France, 25 January 1944 The list includes data regarding the ages of the Jews, most of whom are elderly.

File Number : 182

Type of Material : List of Camp Inmates, List of Survivors

Language : French

Request for payment of 100 Reichsmarks in order to receive an emigration permit, sent to Nathan Steiner by the Viennese authorities, 06 April 1939

Request for payment of 100 Reichsmarks in order to receive an emigration permit, sent to Nathan Steiner by the Viennese authorities, 06 April 1939 [Included in the file]: Order received by Therese Windholz from the Theresienstadt Ghetto demanding she report for deportation to Switzerland, 05 February 1945.

File Number : 214.8

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony

Testimony of Helena (Horovitz) Shweitzer, born in Mikulince, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Mikulince, the Podhajce Ghetto, Hluboczek Wielki camp and in hiding in forests and villages in the area Her childhood and family background in Mikulince. Annexation to the Soviet Union, 1939; attends a Jewish school; German occupation, 1941; establishment of the Judenrat; various decrees; abuse of the Jews; large "Aktion"; deportation to the Podhajce Ghetto; in hiding in a bunker; murder of elderly people in the ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; murder of the Jewish policemen; her sister's suicide...

File Number : 12546

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of inmates above the age of 65 in the Picpus camp, July 1944

File Number : 72

Type of Material : List of Detainees

Language : French

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