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Testimony of Prof. David Jakoby Jakobowitz, born in Antwerpen, Belgium, 1928, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Lyon, Geneva, Adliswil and Celerina

Testimony

Testimony of Prof. David Jakoby Jakobowitz, born in Antwerpen, Belgium, 1928, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, Lyon, Geneva, Adliswil and Celerina Childhood in Antwerp; his father is a partner of a diamond company; studies at a Jewish elementary school for boys “Jashobeam”. German occupation, 10.05.1940; escape with his family on a train to France; German occupation; back home to the hometown; studies in a French public high school; yellow badges; restrictions; cancellation of food tickets for Jews; beginning of the deportation of the city's Jews to Poland, autumn of 1942; escape with his family by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Emil Friedmann, regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps

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Testimony of Emil Friedmann [born in 1914], regarding his experiences in Gyergyó, forced labor in Hungarian Army labor battalions at the Soviet front, and deportation to the Dachau and Mühldorf camps From an observant family in Gyergyó, Transylvania; his parents were Farkas and Regina (Adler) Friedmann; his siblings were Izidor, Eugénia, Sándor, Artúr, Margit, Ernő, Henrich; his father served in the Hungarian Army during World War I, was wounded in battle, and died of his wounds in 1916, when the witness was two years old; harsh economic conditions; learning at a cheder from a young age; attendance at a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Yechiel Kremer, born in Comanesti, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Suceava, Izkani, Mogilev-Podolski, the Murafa Ghetto and more

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Testimony of Yechiel Kremer, born in Comanesti, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in Suceava, Izkani, Mogilev-Podolski, the Murafa Ghetto and more Life before the war; from a family of Vizhnitz hasidim. Restrictions on the Jews; transfer to Suceava; deportation by Romanian gendarmes to Izkani by freight train, 1941; halt of the train at the Atachi station; crossing the Dniester river; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; payment of a bribe to a German officer and transfer to the Murafa Ghetto by truck; ghetto life; building of a bridge in Trikhaty by the Krupp Company; observance of the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jean Minel Haimovici, born in Iasi, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Roman, Calarasi and Iasi

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Testimony of Jean Minel Haimovici born in Iasi, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Roman, Calarasi and Iasi Life before the war; from a well-to-do family; attends public schools; move to Bucharest; life in Bucharest including university studies. Outbreak of the war, 1939; establishment of a sweets factory under Romanian ownership, 1941; air-raids on Bucharest and finding shelter; informing on Jews; deportation to a police station with Jews; deportation to Roman by train; life in Roman including the freezing to death of many deportees; transfer to Calarasi; life in Calarasi including...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alexandro Syman Edelsztejn Konschinski, born in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Dombas, Kuty, Vijnita, Cernauti and other places

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Testimony of Alexandro Syman Edelsztejn Konschinski, born in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Dombas, Kuty, Vijnita, Cernauti and other places From a traditional family; learns in a "heder" and a Polish school; his brother's aliya to Eretz Israel, 1936; Hashomer Hatzair activities; move to Kuty with his mother and brother; Soviet occupation; his father's arrival from Warsaw; transfer to Dombas; life in Dombas including labor in coal mines; return to Kuty; learns to be a mechanic in Lwow; German-Romanian occupation; concentration with his father as part of a group of Jews being held...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nina (Wertans) Admoni, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Vilna, Kobe, and the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai

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Testimony of Nina (Wertans) Admoni, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Vilna, Kobe, and the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai From a wealthy traditional family; the witness's father is an academic who owns storage silos; her mother is the daughter of a Vilna Jewish community leader. Escape of the family to Vilna, September 1939; life under Soviet rule; attends a Soviet school; Soviet investigation of her father; acquires a transit visa to Japan from the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Sempro Sugihara, who was later recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations; move to Moscow,...

File Number : 12836

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Karol Dachner, born in Iasi, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Iasi, Roman, Ialomita, Arad and other places

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Testimony of Karol Dachner, born in Iasi, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in Iasi, Roman, Ialomita, Arad and other places Life before the war; relations with the Romanian population; difficulties in making a livelihood; goes out to work at age 11; attends a Hebrew school; Arrest of his father under suspicion of Communist activity, April 1940; release of his father in exchange for a bribe; "Aktions" and shooting of Jews; deportation to Roman; help from the Jewish community; transfer to Ialomita; life in Ialomita; transfer to Arad; life in Arad including forced labor cleaning; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Zaidner) Talit, born in Botosani, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto

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Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Zaidner) Talit, born in Botosani, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Mogilev-Podolski Ghetto Relations with the Romanian population; obtains certificates to Eretz Israel. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Transnistria; crossing the Dniester River on rafts; drowning of Jews in the river; robbery of valuables; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; ghetto life; escape attemps; return to Mogilev-Podolski; deaths of her parents; hiding in a barrel in a cellar and a weapons factory during a manhunt for Jews; placed in an orphanage; life in the orphanage; return to Romania;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Hersh Henick Goldblum, born in Lipno, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Piotrkow Ghetto, Ostrowce, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and other places

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Testimony of Zvi Hersh Henick Goldblum, born in Lipno, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Piotrkow Ghetto, Ostrowce, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and other places From a large religious Zionist family, Hanoar Hatzioni activities. Outbreak of the war, 1939; labor for the Germans, September 1939; deportation from the city to the Piotrkow Ghetto; life with relatives; deportation with his older brother to the border between Poland and the Soviet Union; labor digging; return to the ghetto; labor sharpening knives in a plywood factory; liquidation of the Piotrkow Ghetto, summer 1943; transfer to...

File Number : 12952

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Gyorgy Veis, born in Alsosag, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Janoshaza Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hirschberg, Schmiedeberg and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Gyorgy Veis, born in Alsosag, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Janoshaza Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hirschberg, Schmiedeberg and other places Neolog family; relations with the local population; attends a Jewish school; work as an electrician's apprentice. German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Janoshaza Ghetto, May 1944; transfer to Sarvar; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Hirschberg, 01 July 1944; camp life and labor logs; transfer to Schmiedeberg; camp life and labor as an electrician in a recuperation home for soldiers; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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