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Testimony

Joint testimony of sisters (?), Tova (Legziel) Shomer Shalom, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1926, and Sara Abramovitz, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1932, regarding their experiences in Benghazi, Giado, Gharian, Marseille and Israel Their childhood in a religious Zionist home; publication of decree forcing Jewish shops to remain open on Shabbat, 1935; [employment of a] non-Jewish worker; visit by Mussolini in Libya, 1937; life in Libya including the collection [confiscation] of jewelry and the termination of studies. Attacks by the British Army, 1940; their father is accused of spying on behalf of the British;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth Rose (Podheitzer) Herel, born in Vienna, Austria, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in Vienna, Brussels, Rivesaltes camp, in hiding in various institutions in the Loire area and other places Life before the war; modern traditional family. Anschluss; cleaning of streets by the father, 1938; escape with the help of a border smuggler; escape to Brussels; life in a Jewish neighborhood; escape with the family to southern France; life in southern France; rents an apartment from a farmer; work of the parents in agriculture; attends school; deportation with the family to Rivesaltes by...

File Number : 13232

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Lists of policemen from the Gendarmerie unit in Zhitomir who rose in rank or received medals of honor, 08-12/1942

File Number : 496

Type of Material : List of Police Officers

Language : German

List of the headquarters staff members of the German gendarmerie in Kiev and maps of eastern Europe, 1943

List of the headquarters staff members of the German gendarmerie in Kiev, 1943

File Number : 220

Type of Material : List of Soldiers

Language : German

List of Jews from Boryslaw who escaped during an "Aktion" and were captured by the police near Schodnica

File Number : 159

Type of Material : List of Inmates

Language : German

Testimony of Abraham Cwieli, born in Uzhorod, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto, Mauthausen and march to Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Cwieli, born in Uzhorod, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto, Mauthausen and march to Gunskirchen Immediate family; his father's livelihood; good relations with neighbors; the Jewish community; "heder" and school; membership in Bnei Akiva. Deportation of the Jews from the villages; Jews under Hungarian rule; confrontation with Christians; rumors of what is happening in Poland; entry of the Germans; establishment of the Judenrat; confiscation of radios; hiding in a vineyard; concentration of Jews in a brick factory; deportation of his parents to Auschwitz; forced...

File Number : 11813

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chanoch Kvitkovski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Katowice, Blechhammer, Buchenwald and Gross-Rosen

Testimony

Testimony of Chanoch Kvitkovski, born in Lodz, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Katowice, Blechhammer, Buchenwald and Gross-Rosen From a traditional family; witness's father is a manufacturer and his mother is a midwife; learns in a "heder" and a Polish school; pogroms. German occupation; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life including labor in coal mines near Katowice; transfer to Blechhammer; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life including labor on roads and moving rocks off the railroad tracks; transfer to Gross-Rosen; liberation,...

File Number : 12744

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alisa (Rosenblum) Green, born in Spisska Stara Ves, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Poprad, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, Ravensbrueck and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Alisa (Rosenblum) Green, born in Spisska Stara Ves, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in Poprad, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, Ravensbrueck and other places Life before the war; attends school. German occupation; transfer to Poprad; camp life; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life and labor moving stones from place to place and sorting suitcases; meets her father and brother; transfer to a farm; murder of her brother and sister; surgery; transfer on foot in the direction of Germany; transfer to Gross-Rosen camp; transfer to Ravensbruck; transfer to Malchow; camp life;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shemuel Hoffman, born in Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Budapest, a ghetto, Strasshof, Vienna and a death march

Testimony

Testimony of Shemuel Hoffman, born in Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Budapest, a ghetto, Strasshof, Vienna and a death march Family life; his parents' livelihood; Shabbat and religious holidays; attends school and learns in a "heder"; Jewish community; antisemitism; move to Budapest for studies; draft of his brothers to the labor battalions. German occupation; return to Hajduszoboszlo; confiscation of property; deportation to a brick factory; deportation to Strasshof; disinfection process; transfer to Vienna; life in a school; forced labor; deportation in a death...

File Number : 12209

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Leibovitz, born in Teresva, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in forced labor and a concentration camp in Austria

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Leibovitz, born in Teresva, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in forced labor and a concentration camp in Austria Life before the war; attends a "heder"; community life; relations with the local population. Re-annexation to Hungary; drafted to forced labor; camp life and sleeping in stables; deportation to Austria, 1944; life in a concentration camp and labor removing bodies; liberation by the Red Army. Return home; marriage, 1946; refusal of his request to make aliya; aliya to Israel, 1967.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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