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Testimony of Sheli Ashkenazi Malki, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1932 regarding her experiences in Pazardzhik

Parents' countries of origin- Turkey and Romania, moving of her family to Pazardzhik in the 30's; good relations with the Bulgarian population; recruiting her father for road construction; his disappearance during the whole period of war; anti-Jewish legislation; starvation; help of the community to the deported from Sofia; acts of bullying; her father's enlistment in the Bulgarian army after liberation; aliyah bet on board the Kefalos boat 1948; absorption in Ramle

File Number : 13689

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Haleman, born in Cluj, Romania in 1928, regarding his experiences in the ‎Cluj Ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz and Kaufering

Testimony of Yehuda Haleman, born in Cluj, Romania in 1928, regarding his experiences in the ‎Cluj Ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz and Kaufering His parents’ house; cessation of studies following the closure of the yeshivas in 1942; food ‎rationing; entry of the Germans in March 1944; Slovakian refugees; the yellow badge; restrictions ‎on movement; prohibition on traveling on public transportation; deportation to the ghetto on 3 ‎May 1944; Kastner’s speech in the ghetto to encourage people to go out to work; deportation to ‎Auschwitz on the last transport; selection; quarters in the gypsy camp; personal...

File Number : 13673

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elhanan Elkhononas Shokhoras Shahar, born in 1929 in Kaunas, Lithuania, about his experiences in the Kaunas ghetto, the Stutthof camp, and Dachau during the war

Life before the war; offspring of a traditional family; Soviet occupation ensues in 1940; nationalization of family business; Soviets retreat and German occupation ensues in June 1941; ghetto established and extended family joins witness in one apartment; wearing the yellow star; attending a vocational school; Aktionen; surrender of valuables and books; unsuccessful attempt to smuggle sister to the "Aryan" side; deportation from the ghetto in July 1944; parting from mother and sister in the Stutthof camp; taken to Landsberg (Dachau); life in the camp; hunger; the front closes in and the camp is evacuated on...

File Number : 13603

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam Lengel, born in Cluj, Romania in 1921, regarding her experiences in Kneii Meze, in the Plaszow and Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, in a camp in the region of Buchenberg and more

Testimony of Miriam Lengel, born in Cluj, Romania, in 1921,regarding her experiences in Kneii Meze, in the camps Plaszow, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in the region of Buchenberg and more Life in Cluj; attending a Romanian Gymnasium; good relations with the neighbours; annexation of the place to Hungary; imposing restrictions on the Jews; imposing an economic boycott; anti-Semitism; deportation to Kneii Meze; life in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by cargo train; selection and transfer to Block B'; transfer to Block C'; working in the kitchen and stealing food; food trading; transfer to Plaszow;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Announcements to the population issued by Rumkowski in the Lodz Ghetto: Announcement from the ghetto administration regarding the distribution of white cheese to those who have bread ration coupons, 26 July 1944 The announcement says that anyone with Bread Ration No. 51 will be eligible to receive 125 grams of white cheese for half a mark.

File Number : 753.1

Language : German

Personal documentation regarding Rudolph Erwin Alexander Schwab and his relatives, 1933-1962

Personal documentation regarding Rudolph Erwin Alexander Schwab and his relatives, 1933-1962 - Registration of Rudolf Schwab's business in Brussels, 12/10/1933 (p. 19); - Genealogy of the Schwab family (pp. 24-28); - Certificate awarded to Alexander Schwab, 21/02/1936, for his service as a German Army soldier in combat during World War I (p. 33); - Certificate of honorary service awarded to Alexander Schwab by the "German Association of Jewish Combatants", including notification that Schwab intends to emigrate to Shanghai, 01/08/1939 (p. 40); - Letter of confirmation by the council of the...

File Number : 1589.1

Type of Material : Letter

Language : French, English, German

Testimony of Ovadia Pitzton, born in 1926 in Thessaoloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Landsberg, and Dachau camps, and more

Testimony

Testimony of Ovadia Pitzton, born in 1926 in Thessaoloniki, Greece, about his experiences in the Thessaloniki ghetto and in the Auschwitz, Landsberg, and Dachau camps, and more Life before the war; antisemitism among the youth; German occupation begins in April 1941; trade relations with the Germans; issue of order to report to Freedom Square in 1942; the yellow star edict; food rationing; sealing off the Baron Hirsch residential area as a ghetto; receiving notice about impending deportation to Poland and a demand to convert propert into Polish złoty; life in Transport 109, the first transport to Auschwitz;...

File Number : 13529

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen Her childhood in an Orthodox religious family; receives a Jewish education privately. Outbreak of the war; hiding of their property in the home of neighbors; deportation to the Ungvar Ghetto; detention of her father; interrogation of her father; detention in a brick factory, for approximately five weeks; draft of young people to labor battalions in Ukraine; deportation on the first transport to Auschwitz; separation from her mother and her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Bruno Liberfroind, born in Bielsko, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Bielsko, Katowice, Nisko, the Rawa Ruska forests, Lwow and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Bruno Liberfroind, born in Bielsko, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Bielsko, Katowice, Nisko, the Rawa Ruska forests, Lwow and other places His childhood in a traditional family; activities in the Akiva Zionist youth movement; displays of antisemitism before the war; death of his father, 1938. German Army occupation of Bielsko, 01 September 1939; escape; wanderings; return home, approximately three weeks later; deportation to Katowice; transfer to Nisko, October 1939; gunshots in the direction of the deported Jews; escape to the Rawa Ruska forests, under Soviet control; meets...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Reuben Cohen, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Transnistria, Olyanitsa and a kolkhoz

Testimony

Testimony of Reuben Cohen, born in Dorohoi, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in Dorohoi, Transnistria, Olyanitsa and a kolkhoz His childhood in a village, including displays of antisemitism in the school; his family's shop is set on fire; move of his family to Dorohoi. Murder of his mother and sister during a pogrom, June 1941; deportation to Transnistria; well-to-do Jews remain, in exchange for bribery; march to Olyanitsa camp; transfer to a kolkhoz in Berezovka; life in the kolkhoz including labor in agriculture and mortality due to hunger and disease; death of his father; receives help from the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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