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Testimony of Shmuel Gulan Goldberg, born in Pruzana, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Pruzana Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ebensee, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Gulan Goldberg, born in Pruzana, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Pruzana Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ebensee, Mauthausen and other places Life before the war; member of the General Zionists party. Soviet occupation, September 1939; closure of the Jewish schools; German occupation, June 1941; confiscation of monies and valuables; burial of Torah scrolls in cemeteries; establishment of the Judenrat; deportation to the Pruzana Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to the ghetto of Jews from Bialystok and the vicinity; underground activities; murder of Jews in killing pits;...

File Number : 13224

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Brenner Bar Nir, born in Orheiul Bistritei, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Reghin Bistritei, the Bistrita Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Brenner Bar Nir, born in Orheiul Bistritei, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Reghin Bistritei, the Bistrita Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and other places Life before the war; his father's death. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; works at the railroad station in Reghin; German occupation, March 1944; yellow badge; deportation to the Bistrita Ghetto; ghetto life including confiscation of property; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including separation from the family; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Melk; camp life; approach of the Red Army to the camp;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Pakula, born in Lodz, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march and Ebensee

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Pakula, born in Lodz, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march and Ebensee Life before the war; education. German occupation; escape of Jewish men including his father to Warsaw; restrictions on the Jews including draft to forced labor; yellow badge and confiscation of property; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life including Jewish police activities; deportation of Jews to Chelmno; criminal trials; liquidation of the ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including separation from his mother; suicide of a woman on the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Yosef Katz, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Kisvarda Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Melk and Ebensee

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Yosef Katz, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Kisvarda Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Melk and Ebensee Life before the war; attends school and a "heder"; Jewish community; displays of antisemitism; his father’s military service. Deportation of his uncle to Ukraine; German occupation, March 1944; decrees; deportation to the Kisvarda Ghetto; ghetto life including service in the Jewish police; confiscation of property and valuables; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; his mother's pregnancy; camp life including the burning of prayer shawls and tefillin; meets...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nachman Shivek, born in Czeladz, Poland, 1925, regading his experiences in the Czeladz abd Bedzin Ghettos, Sakrau and Markstaedt camp

Testimony

Testimony of Nachman Shivek, born in Czeladz, Poland, 1925, regading his experiences in the Czeladz abd Bedzin Ghettos, Sakrau and Markstaedt camp Life before the war; attends a school; relations with the local population. German occupation; confiscation of the family's shop; draft of his brother to a labor camp; deportation to the Czeladz Ghetto; ghetto life; detention in a cellar; yellow badge; transfer to the Bedzin Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to Sosnowiec; transfer to Sakrau; life in Sakrau and labor in the Todt organization; attitude of the foreman to the inmates; deportation to Markstaedt; camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Albert Grotas, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1915, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki, Auschwitz, Katowice, Mauthausen and Ebensee

Testimony

Testimony of Albert Grotas, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1915, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki, Auschwitz, Katowice, Mauthausen and Ebensee Deaths of his parents; adopted by a family His brother's death as a soldier during in the war; drafted into 31 battalion; German occupation, April 1941; concentration of the Jews in the Baron Hirsh quarter; activities of Rabbi Kurtz; deportation by train to Auschwitz; tattooed with a number on his arm; transfer to Katowice; camp life including forced labor; return to Auschwitz; camp life including labor gardening; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arye Sendyk, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Gronow, Eberswalde, Birkenau and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Arye Sendyk, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Gronow, Eberswalde, Birkenau and other places Life before the war; member of a sport organization; relations with the local population; attends school. Outbreak of the war; move of the family to his brother's home; German occupation; yellow badge; hides their valuables; transfer to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to labor in Germany; deportation to Gronow; camp life including collective punishment for stealing; transfer to Eberswalde; camp life including forced labor in the laundry; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jacob (Volovelsky) Yovel, born in Pruzany, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Pruzany Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk camps and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Jacob (Volovelsky) Yovel, born in Pruzany, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Pruzany Ghetto, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk camps and a death march Close family; his father's livelihood; religious holidays at home; community life. Entry of the Soviets; attitude of the residents during the Soviet rule; list of candidates for transport to Siberia; entry of the Germans into Pruzany; Judenrat activities; demand to hand over partisans; the ghetto; going out of the ghetto to bring medications; humiliation of rabbi; transports to Auschwitz; relatives who perished; the route to Auschwitz;...

File Number : 11361

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew