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Memoirs of Matityahu Mati Rosen, born in Rozan, Poland, 1931, regarding the experiences of his family in Gaworowo, Rozan and Makow, and escape to the Soviet area

Memoirs of Matityahu Mati Rosen, born in Rozan, Poland, 1931, regarding the experiences of his family in Gaworowo, Rozan and Makow, and escape to the Soviet area Outbreak of the war and escape of the family to Gaworowo; occupation of Gaworowo and concentration of the Jews between the ages of 18 and 50 in the center of the city; deportation of his father to a camp with the Jews and Poles who had defended the city; release of his father from the detention camp thanks to a Polish Army uniform thrown to him by the Polish Army soldier (the Poles were released approximately two weeks later); invasion of the...

File Number : 8645

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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...

File Number : 13666

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 13669

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Fabian, born in Strzegowo, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in Strzegowo, Plonsk, the Strzegowo Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna-Monowitz and other places German Army occupation of Strzegowo, 1939; escape to Plonsk with his family; life with his family in Plonsk, for two weeks; move back to Strzegowo; deportation [to the Strzegowo Ghetto], 1940; Strzegowo Ghetto life including "Aktions" and the hanging of Jews, 1942; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942; camp life with two brothers, including forced labor; transfer to Buna-Monowitz, 1943; camp life including forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tomas Hirshel, born in Kula, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kula, Szeged, Burgenland, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Tomas Hirshel, born in Kula, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Kula, Szeged, Burgenland, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen His childhood in a well-to-do, secular family including attending a Serbian school and high school; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement. Outbreak of the war; German Army occupation of Kula, 1941; obtains forged documents; move to Szeged, 1942; draft of the men to forced labor; labor building an airfield and repairing railroad tracks in a military camp, 1943; hospitalization due to an injury; approach of the Red Army; transfer to Austria on foot; arrival to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Kasher, born in Sarny, Poland in 1927, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in a POW camp in the Sarny area, in hiding in Ozierany, in the Red Army and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Kasher, born in Sarny, Poland in 1927, regarding his experiences in the Sarny Ghetto, in a POW camp in the Sarny area, in hiding in Ozierany, in the Red Army and in other places His childhood in Klesow and Sarny; suffering from antisemitism before the war; Soviet occupation, September 1939; nationalization of his family's business; halting of the Zionist activities; escape to Sarny of refugees from the German occupation area; German occupation, June 1941; increase in antisemitism on the part of the Ukrainian population; Judenrat activities; transfer to forced labor; imposition of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Asher Keller, born in 1927 in Miskolc, Hungary, about his experiences on a march toward Austria and in a protected house and in hiding in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Asher Keller, born in 1927 in Miskolc, Hungary, about his experiences on a march toward Austria and in a protected house and in hiding in Budapest Life before the war, moving with the family to Budapest in 1937; antisemitism in school; refugees from Yugoslavia and Austria reached his location; expelled from academic high school and transferred to a vocational school in 1943; German occupation ensues in March 44; the yellow star edict; the house is marked with a star; curfew in some daytime hours is announced; taking off the yellow star while venturing outside in search of food; Arrow Cross...

File Number : 13444

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Leib née Rath, born in 1919 in Beclean, Romania, about her experiences in Beclean, the Dej ghetto, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, and elsewhere

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Leib née Rath, born in 1919 in Beclean, Romania, about her experiences in Beclean, the Dej ghetto, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, and elsewhere Life before the war; Hungary reannexes the area in 1940; anti-Jewish legislation; German occupation ensues in March 1944; the yellow star edict; deportation to the Dej ghetto; dispossession, musual aid; abuse; three weeks later: deportation to Auschwitz and separation from family; life in the camp; roll calls; mutual aid; hunger; three months later: transfer to Bergen-Belsen; life in the camp on Yom Kippur; the front closes in and the camp is...

File Number : 13446

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Miklos Bleier Ofer, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Sevlus Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and more Childhood in a wealthy, religious family. Hungarian occupation and rise in displays of antisemitism; German occupation, 1944; yellow badge; robbery of valuables and assets; deportation to the Sevlus Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selection and transfer together with his twin brother to a camp hospital (Kranken Hause); medical experiments; transfer to Camp D and labor near Crematorium 2; approach of the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Simha Juclea, born in Darabani, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Targu Jiu, Turnu Severin, Dorohoi, Atachi and more

Testimony

Testimony of Simha Juclea, born in Darabani, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in Targu Jiu,Turnu Severin, Dorohoi, Atachi and more Childhood in a religious family, increasing displays of antisemitism, 1939-1940. Deportation to Targu Jiu; transfer to Turnu Severin; residence in a synagogue; receiving aid from local Jews; transfer to Dorohoi, residence in a synagogue; transfer to Atachi by train; transfer to Mogilev; transfer on foot to Tropova; life in Tropova including illness; morning roll calls and transporting the dead to mass graves; escape to the village of Bilyana; liberation. Return to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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