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Testimony of Nancy Vera Rachel Arbel, born in Baktaloranthaza, Hungary, in 1826 regarding deportation to the Auschwitz Birkenau , Plaszow and Reichenbach camps

Testimony

Childhood before the war; coexistence; outbreak of the war; restrictions on Jews; German occupation in March 1944; deportation to ghetto; mutual help; robbery of property; fictitious marriage for the purpose of rescue; deportation to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow; transfer to a protected camp; improvement in food and living conditions; transfer back to Auschwitz Birkenau; transfer to Germany for agricultural works and for working in a factory manufacturing planes; liberation by the Russians; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949

File Number : 13703

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ben Dor Blau Yohanan Yitzkhak Tibor, born in Makó, Hungary in 1935, regarding his experiences in Makó and Szeged Ghettos and in Theresienstadt and Strasshof camps

Testimony of Ben Dor Blau Yohanan Yitzkhak Tibor, born in Makó, Hungary in 1935, regarding his experiences in Makó and Szeged Ghettos and in Theresienstadt and Strasshof camps Childhood in a modern Orthodox family; father was vice president of the Mizrachi movement in Hungary after the war; studies in Neolog School and in heder at the same time; antisemitism; entry of Germans in March 1944; confiscation of radio receivers and valuables; yellow badge; closing of Makó Ghetto and family living in grandfather’s home inside the ghetto; expulsion via freight train to Újszeged; roundup of Jews on a soccer pitch;...

File Number : 13654

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Stefania (Jamberger) Hirsch, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1921, regarding her experiences in Simleul Silvaniei, the Simleul Silvaniei Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ploen and other places Her childhood in Simleul Silvaniei with her family; attends an Orthodox religious school. Hungarian Army occupation of Simleul Silvaniei, 1940; life under Hungarian occupation including antisemitic legislation, the confiscation of her family's business and the deportation of men to forced labor; increase in the displays of antisemitism among the population in the area; German Army occupation of Simleul...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Dov Bene Weiss, born in Bekescsaba, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Bekescsaba Ghetto, Budapest, Auschwitz and Muehldorf

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Bene Weiss, born in Bekescsaba, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Bekescsaba Ghetto, Budapest, Auschwitz and Muehldorf Life in Bekescsaba. Deportation to the Bekescsaba Ghetto; transfer to Budapest; life in Budapest; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Muehldorf; camp life.

File Number : 13370

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Meir Werner, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity and in Braunschweig

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Werner, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1925, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, using a false identity and in Braunschweig His childhood in a traditional, Zionist family including attending a Tarbut school; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; antisemitism; opening of Catholic food shops as competition with the Jewish shops; receives knowledge from the newspapers, "Heynt" ("Today"), regarding the fate of the Jews in the German Reich, 1937; meets refugees following Kristallnacht, 1938. Outbreak of the war, 1939; attitude of the German soldiers toward the Jews; deportation to the...

File Number : 13206

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Viola (Singer) Feldmar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in Farkasd, Auschwitz and in camps

Testimony

Testimony of Viola (Singer) Feldmar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1923, regarding her experiences in Farkasd, Auschwitz and in camps Life in Farkasd, Slovakia. Deportation to Auschwitz; life in Auschwitz; transfer to additional camps.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judit Aharoni, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Gleiwitz and more

Testimony

Testimony of Judit Aharoni, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Gleiwitz and more From a Zionist family; her childhood; visit to Eretz Israel, 1935. Outbreak of the war; annexation to Hungary, 1940; limits on the Jews and persecution: numerus clausus, robbery of property, Aryanization of the family businesses, yellow badge, curfew; attends a Hebrew school in Cluj; dismissal of academic government workers; arrests; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to a ghetto in a brick factory for several weeks; attempts of two priests to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Suzana Geron, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Somcuta Mare, Cluj, Baia Mare, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Suzana Geron, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Somcuta Mare, Cluj, Baia Mare, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; traditional family; attends a Romanian school. Annexation to Hungary; restrictions on the Jews; numerous clausus; life in Cluj and external education; arrest of her mother due to help to a Communist in Budapest; release of her mother in exchange for lots of money; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto; ghetto life; receives offers to hide the family in a forest; deportation on a train to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Perl Eva (Rotman) Glik, born in Cluj, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Cluj Ghetto, Auschwitz and Zittau

Testimony

Testimony of Perl Eva (Rotman) Glik, born in Cluj, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in the Cluj Ghetto, Auschwitz and Zittau Her childhood in Cluj in a well-to-do, liberal, traditional family. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; displays of antisemitism; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Cluj Ghetto, Pesach (April) 1944; hiding of their valuables; deportation to Auschwitz; receives personal inmate number 84106, but not by tattooing; labor sorting clothing near the crematorium; transfer to Zittau camp; labor in an aircraft factory; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Cluj; illegal aliya...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana (Rozner) Dirnfeld, born in Sarateni, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in the Gherla Ghetto, Cluj Ghetto, Auschwitz and Hohenelbe Vrchlabi

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana (Rozner) Dirnfeld, born in Sarateni, Romania, 1933, regarding her experiences in the Gherla Ghetto, Cluj Ghetto, Auschwitz and Hohenelbe Vrchlabi Ultra-Orthodox family; increase in the displays of antisemitism, 1938; move to Gherla. Life under Hungarian rule occupation and the confiscation of her family's business, 1941; German occupation, 1944; burial of property in a pit in the yard; deportation to the Gherla Ghetto in a brick factory in Gherla; help with food from non-Jewish acquaintances; demand by the gendarmes to hand over money and gold; abuse of her father and the wealthy...

File Number : 12989

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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