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File Number : 4807

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Bruno Skuteli, born in 1919 in Leczyca, Poland, about his experiences in Lwów and with the Polish Battalion (in the Red Army) in the vicinity of Radomsko, Częstochowa, and Podhale; etc. Parents, Henryk and Leokadia Gotman née Moszkowicz, move to Łódź in 1921; attending the Jewish high school in Częstochowa; joining the Communist youth movement in 1935; illegal residency; activity in the Zukunft Jewish youth movement; war breaks out and the witness escapes to Lwów; life in Ukraine under Soviet rule until October 1941; sattempt to volunteer for Anders’ army but fails on account of his Jewishness;...

File Number : 3685

Language : Polish

Testimony of Aviva Viktoria (Blum) Vaks, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, the Warsaw area and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Aviva Viktoria (Blum) Vaks, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto, the Warsaw area and in hiding Her childhood and family background; activities of her father, Abrasha Blum, in the Bund's Zukunft youth movement. Destruction of the family's home during air-raids at the outbreak of the war; move to a Warsaw suburb; establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to the Umschlagplatz with her brother and sisters in the large "Aktion", 1942; rescue by her mother; escape to the Aryan side with her mother and siblings, February 1943; fate...

File Number : 10286

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bronislav Bloch, born in Warsaw, 1922, regarding his experiences as an officer in the Anders Army

Testimony

Testimony of Bronislav Bloch, born in Warsaw, 1922, regarding his experiences as an officer in Anders Army His family were members of the Bund; member of the Zukunft youth movement and S.M.O.S. in Warsaw; wanderings; life in Siberia and Uchta camp; enlists in the Anders Army after the outbreak of hostilities between the Soviet Union and Germany; travel to Buluzuk with the battalion, September 1941; from there to Guzare in Uzbekistan; transfer to Iran; sails to Eretz Israel on a ship, May-June 1943; the battalion wanders until it reaches Italy; fights against the Germans at Monte Cassino; dismantling the...

File Number : 6220

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Moshe Lishak regarding the experiences of the Jews of Włocławek, 1939-1945; Organization of Former Residents of Włocławek and Its Surrounding Areas in Israel publication, Tel Aviv, March 1946 Pamphlet: "From the Atrocities and Abuse of the Jews of Włocławek From an Eyewitness, March 1946" (published by the Organization of Former Residents of Włocławek and Its Surrounding Areas in Israel): - Explanation from the [Executive] Committee of the Organization of Former Residents of Włocławek and Its Surrounding Areas in Israel, in Hebrew; - Letter from the Jewish Regional Committee in Włocławek,...

File Number : 9875

Type of Material : Memoirs, Letter, Booklet(s), הקדמה

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Baruch Maringer regarding the experiences of his family in Warsaw and Wolomin, their escape to Magnitogorsk, being drafted to the Red Army and aliya to Israel

Memoirs of Baruch Maringer regarding the experiences of his family in Warsaw and Wolomin, their escape to Magnitogorsk, being drafted to the Red Army and aliya to Israel Memoirs of Baruch Maringer, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1924, regarding the experiences of his family during the Holocaust, written in 1994: - Move of his family from Warsaw to Wolomin due to difficulties in finding places to rent; childhood; joining Zukunft, the Bund (General Jewish Labor Union) Youth Movement; employment by a metalworker in Warsaw; German occupation of Wolomin, 1939; the walk towards the east by Baruch; arrival in Malkinia,...

File Number : 9067

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew