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Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidovicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Auschwitz Birkenau, Boizenburg and Ludwigslust camps

Testimony of Sylvia Rachel Davidowicz, nee Weiss, born in Sacalaseni, Romania, in 1929, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare ghetto and in the Boizenburg, Auschwitz Birkenau and Ludwigslust camps Childhood in Baia Mare; re- annexation of the place to Hungary in 1940; transfer of ownership of the father's flour mill to Hungarians in 1941; the rise of antisemitism; interruption of studies; the German occupation in 1944; deportation to the ghetto in 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; transfer to Boizenburg; life in the camp; transfer to work in a factory manufacturing tanks and planes; transfer...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Ernst Ponger, born in Mikulas Litovsky Svaty, Czechoslovakia, in 1922, regarding his experiences in the Sered camp and in the battle of the partisans

Childhood before the war; Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria 1938; expulsion from school and carpentry studies; independence of Slovakia and anti-Jewish legislation 1939; deportation of Jews and escape to the mountains in March 1942; going back home and deportation to the Sered camp,in April 1945; work in carpentry; underground in the camp; Slovak uprising and escape ,in August 1944; joining partisans; actions against Germans; liberation by the red army,in April 1945; joining aliya training; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel on the Theodor Herzl ship,on 01 April 1947; exile to Cyprus; aliya back to...

File Number : 13772

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Ashkenazi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1930 regarding his experiences in Pazardzhik

Manifestations of anti-semitism on the part of the teachers; moving to a Jewish school; Ben Gourion's visit to the city; recruiting his father for forced labour; deportation order to Pazardzhik; shelter in the local school; restrictions; loss of contact with his father; surviving on temporary jobs; going back to Sofia; joining the movement Poalei Zion Left; defense training; aliyah bet from Marseille on board the ship Pavio in 1948; participation in the Latrun battles and in the battles in Jerusalem

File Number : 13706

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara (Fogel) Rovinsky, born in Petrova, Romania in 1929, regarding her life in Petrova, in Viseul de Sus Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen, and other camps

Testimony of Sara (Fogel) Rovinsky, born in Petrova, Romania in 1929, regarding her life in Petrova, in Viseul de Sus Ghetto, and in Auschwitz, Gelsenkirchen, and other camps Childhood in Petrova; Hungarian occupation in 1940; rise of antisemitism among the local population; anti-Jewish legislation; revocation of family’s business license; expulsion from school in 1942; transfer of people to labor brigades; German occupation in March 1944; wearing of yellow badge; expulsion to Viseul de Sus Ghetto; hunger and overcrowding; deportation to Auschwitz about a month later; life in the camp; mutual help; suffering...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Bekhor, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1927, regarding his life in Pristina, Albania, in Bergen-Belsen, and on the lost train

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Bekhor, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1927, regarding his life in Pristina, Albania, in Bergen-Belsen, and on the lost train Childhood and youth in Pristina; Jews’ life and livelihood; German occupation in April 1941 and transfer of control to Italian army; exile of the men to Berat camp, Albania; life in Albania until Germans entered in late 1943; return home following a false message that Pristina had been liberated; arrest by SS men from the Skanderbeg units (which were established with the encouragement of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, mufti of Jerusalem – note M. A.); deportation to...

File Number : 13754

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yeshayahu Yehiel Harsit (Porcelana), born in Warsaw, Poland in 1934, regarding ‎his experiences escaping to the Soviet Union and deportation to Ural

Testimony of Yeshayahu Yehiel Harsit (Porcelana), born in Warsaw, Poland in 1934, regarding ‎his experiences escaping to the Soviet Union and deportation to Ural His family before the war; antisemitism; German occupation in September 1939; escape to the ‎Russian occupied zone; life in Baranowicze; deportation to Ural at the beginning of 1940; his ‎experiences in a Soviet work camp; his parents’ work; studies; religious life; release from the camp ‎in summer 1941; transfer to Kazakhstan; starvation; daily struggle to survive; antisemitism; ‎transfer to Turkestan in spring 1942; life in Turkestan;...

File Number : 13575

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Mirovski Asael, born in Bedzin, Poland in 1928, regarding her experiences ‎in the Bendin Ghetto and in various camps, including Dulak, Peterswaldau, Klettendorf, and ‎Gogolin

Testimony of Esther Mirovski Asael, born in Bedzin, Poland in 1928, regarding her experiences ‎in the Bendin Ghetto and in various camps, including Dulak, Peterswaldau, Klettendorf, and ‎Gogolin Occupation and life under German rule in 1939; deportation to the Bendin Ghetto in 1941; labor in ‎a sewing workshop making uniforms for the German army; sleeping at night with her mother in the ‎factory where her father worked, outside the ghetto, out of fear of the selections; deportation to ‎a transit camp in Sosnowiec in 1943; transfer to the concentration camp in Annaberg, Germany in ‎‎1943; deportation to the...

File Number : 13668

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Michal Mishe Rauch née Löwenherz, born in 1926 in Przemyśl, Poland, about her experiences in the Przemyśl ghetto and in hiding on the "Aryan" side in a Ukrainian's home until liberation in 1944

German occupation of Przemyśl in 1939; riots; Soviet occupation ensues in 1939; German occupation ensues in 1941; restrictions on Jews and upturn in antisemitism; deportation to the Przemyśl ghetto with parents; family members receive labor permits; father works in a factory outside the ghetto and witness works with mother on a farm outside the ghetto in 1942; finding a hideout during the second Aktion; witness and parents arrested due to denunciation and taken to a lockup in Przemyśl; they escapes from the lockup and return to the ghetto (part of which has become a labor camp) in 1943; witness and parents...

File Number : 13595

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Berthold Dov Glaubach, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences on the Aryan side in Cernauti

Testimony

Testimony of Berthold Dov Glaubach, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences on the Aryan side in Cernauti Life before the war; secular family; Soviet occupation, 1940; work in a factory; transfer of the Cernauti to the Romanian authorities, 1941; loss of livelihood; termination of studies; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life and [his family's?] personal contacts with the Romanian mayor; removal of lawyers from the deportation lists; [his family] receives a permit to reside outside the borders of the ghetto; expropriation of the family's home by a Romanian manager;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

כרמי שרהTestimony of Sara Arzbet Karmi née Yakubovitz, born in 1926 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, about her experiences in the Mateszalka ghetto, Auschwitz, the Teplice camp, and Theresienstadt

German occupation ensues in 1944; deported to the Mateszalka ghetto in 1944; deported to Auschwitz in 1944; taken to the Teplice camp in 1944; works at an armaments and aircraft manufacturing plant; sent to Theresienstadt in 1945; liberated by Red Army forces in 1945; back to Nyiregyhaza; moves to Budapest and joins an Agudath Israel "kibbutz" in 1946; moves (illegally) to Zagreb; waits approx. two months in 1946; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Knesset Israel under Aliya Bet auspices; deported to the "winter camp" in Cyprus in 1946; marries in 1947; immigrates to Eretz Israel in 1947; adjusts to...

File Number : 13513

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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