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Testimony of Mózes Farkas, born in Makó, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in Makó, the Makó Ghetto, the Szeged Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaufering camp and more

Testimony of Mózes Farkas, born in Makó, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in Makó, the Makó Ghetto, the Szeged Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaufering camp and more Anti-Jewish decrees, 1944; obligation to wear a yellow band and badge; restrictions on movement; prohibition against the opening of businesses [?]; deportation to the Makó Ghetto; ghetto life including the prohibition against leaving the ghetto; transfer to the Szeged Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz on the last transport from Hungary, June 1944; travel in train cars for a period of approximately six days; arrival in Auschwitz; selection by Mengele;...

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Shamai Kizelsztejn, born in Bialystok, Poland, 19 December 1924, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, the Bialystok prison, and in Majdanek, Blizyn, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna and other camps Life in Bialystok under the Red Army occupation; German occupation of Bialystok; establishment of the Bialystok Ghetto; deportation to the Bialystok Ghetto; Bialystok Ghetto life including labor constructing the Krywlany airfield and forced labor constructing a road, spring 1942; detention in the Bialystok prison; transfer to Majdanek camp; transfer to Blizyn camp; camp life; transfer to...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8594

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Section of an article published in the "Nie Zeitung" newspaper, 28 October 1994, regarding a notebook written by Sara Chalmanovitz, born in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania, 1930, regarding her memories of the Kaunas Ghetto, 23 June 1941-13 June 1944

results.listIds.fileNumber : 319

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Newspaper Clippings

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

Memoirs of Mordechai Pshevorski Ravid, born in Krakow, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding in the Krakow Ghetto and being hidden by his non-Jewish nanny (who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations) Life before the war. German occupation; deportation to the Krakow Ghetto, 1940; ghetto life; life in hiding with his cousin Rena; escape to his former nanny, a non-Jewish Polish woman named Helda/Carolina Maciag, 1943; going out to cleaning jobs with the nanny, including the headquarters of the Gestapo in Poland; life in his nanny's house until the end of the war;...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8588

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Postcard sent by Aron Bornsztejn from the Lodz Ghetto, Poland, to his brother Shabtai in Jerusalem, 21 October 1940

Postcard sent by Aron Bornsztejn from the Lodz Ghetto, Poland, to his brother Shabtai in Jerusalem, 21 October 1940 - Request from his brother to send food to his family in the Lodz Ghetto due to the great hunger in the ghetto. .

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2068

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Postcard

results.listIds.lang : German

Memoirs of Khaia Duksztulski born in Vilna, Poland, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, in the "Lukiszki" prison, and in the home of a non-Jewish woman acquaintance outside the ghetto Life before the war; marriage to Yitzhak Bloch; birth of their son Moshe; Outbreak of the war; draft of Yitzhak into the Polish Army; Yitzhak is taken captive by the Germans, and his [subsequent] death; German occupation, 1941; Khaia's detention for violation of the curfew; transfer to the "Lukiszki" prison; release from prison, with the help of paying a bribe to the prison guards; transfer of her brothers...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8551

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Genealogy

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Hela (Jacobi) Kozlowski [born, 1920], regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Freiberg and Mauthausen camps

Memoirs of Hela (Jacobi) Kozlowski [born, 1920], regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and in Auschwitz, Freiberg and Mauthausen camps German occupation of Lodz; escape of her siblings to another city; mass murders and theft by the Germans; eviction of her family from their home; murder of a boy who was 7 or 8 years old, right in front of her eyes; deportation of her sister to Auschwitz, late 1942 or early 1943; hunger; help from an anonymous German who brought her food; her father receives beatings; announcement regarding the sending of the ghetto residents to forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8543

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew

Memoirs of Mala Maroko Freund regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march, in Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen and more

Memoirs of Mala Maroko Freund regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, on a death march, in Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen and more Transfer of Mala Maroko Freund and her family from Lodz to within the Lodz Ghetto limits, November 1939; life in the Lodz Ghetto until 28 August 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to the Langenbielau camp, September 1944; transfer to the Breslau-Hundsfeld camp, late September; death march to Gross-Rosen, December 1944; transfer to Mauthausen, January 1945; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, March 1945; liberation by the British Army, 15 April...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8538

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Excerpt(s), Interview(s)

results.listIds.lang : Swedish

Announcements to the population issued by Rumkowski in the Lodz Ghetto: Announcement from the ghetto administration regarding the distribution of white cheese to those who have bread ration coupons, 26 July 1944 The announcement says that anyone with Bread Ration No. 51 will be eligible to receive 125 grams of white cheese for half a mark.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 753.1

results.listIds.lang : German

Affidavits provided by the residents of the Kopaygorod Ghetto regarding the activity of Fabius Orenstein, Head of the Jewish Committee in Kopaygorod, 1941-1944, who rescued Jews including the writers of the affidavits Writing the affidavits in Bucharest, May-April 1957; Persons submitting the affidavits: - Etka Schmidt; - Willy Postelnik; - Ana Goldenblum; - Ana Safir; - Benjamin Schneider; - Simon Chon; - Rita Moisescu; - Marta Feig; - Leo Gewurz; - Simha Feldmann; - Pavel Pavlovici; - Leon Silberstein; - Samuel Spiegelblatt; - Zoltan Meier; - Aron Pisam; -...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 8473

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Declaration, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Memoirs

results.listIds.lang : Romanian, Russian, German, Yiddish

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