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List of Jews who perished during the Holocaust, who were family members of Jerzyk Yonatan Iurek Brauner, who was born in Krakow, Poland, 1926

List of Jews who perished during the Holocaust, who were family members of Jerzyk Yonatan Iurek Brauner, who was born in Krakow, Poland, 1926 - List of Jews who perished during the Holocaust, who were family members of Jerzyk Yonatan Iurek Brauner, who was born in Krakow, Poland, 1926; most of the family members were murdered during "Aktions", 1942, by gunshot on the street or in trains en route to Belzec camp; Included in the file: - Photographs of the gravestone of Esther Rosenfeld, who died after the war, 1946, on which the names of her family members who were murdered, and their ages, are...

File Number : 8603

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew, English

Documentation regarding the first victims of the death march from Auschwitz, buried in a mass grave in the Brzeszcze cemetery

Documentation regarding the first victims of the death march from Auschwitz, buried in a mass grave in the Brzeszcze cemetery Burial of the corpses of 18 Auschwitz inmates, including 11 women, murdered by gunfire when the camp was being evacuated, 18/01/1945, and buried in the Brzeszcze cemetery: Instructions from the German mayor of Brzeszcze to the local residents to collect the corpses strewn along the roads and bury them, 19/01/1945; collection of 18 corpses [found] along the roads from Rajsko to Jawiszowice by the residents; burial of the corpses in a mass grave in Brzeszcze; names of [some of] the...

File Number : 1460

Type of Material : Study

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Josef Finkelstein, "Iasii Mei" ("My Iasi"), regarding the pogrom in Iasi, 27 June 1941

Memoirs of Josef Finkelstein, "Iasii Mei" ("My Iasi"), regarding the pogrom in Iasi, 27 June 1941 The file includes: - Confirmation by the commander of Calarasi camp that Iosef Finkelstein was an inmate in the camp after his deportation from Iasi, 06 July-25 August 1941; - Death certificates of Hersch Finkelstein and Leonte Finkelstein, who were murdered during the pogrom; - Photographs of a Jewish cemetery in Romania.

File Number : 8401

Type of Material : Death Certificate, Memoirs, Certification

Language : Romanian

Testimony of Eliezer Weintraub Karmi, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, Mogilev-Podolski, Iasi and Bucharest

Testimony of Eliezer Weintraub Karmi, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, Mogilev-Podolski, Iasi and Bucharest His childhood. Red Army occupation of Cernauti, summer 1940; retreat of the Red Army from Cernauti, summer 1941; German Army occupation of Cernauti, summer 1941; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, October 1941; deportation to Transnistria via Atachi, October 1941; life in Mogilev-Podolski; death of his parents due to typhus disease; life with his aunt including typhus and hepatitis disease, 1942; work in a ----- on the initiative of Iagendorf...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Liza (Hershkovitz) Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Herta, Edineti, Mogilev, Romanca, Rabovez and other places

Testimony of Liza (Hershkovitz) Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in Herta, Edineti, Mogilev, Romanca, Rabovez and other places Her childhood in a religious-Zionist family; annexation of Herta to the Soviet Union, 1940. German Army occupation of Herta, 1941; concentration in the synagogue for three days; looting of her family's property; march of Herta's Jews throughout Bessarabia; death of the weak people en route; life in Edineti for six weeks; march until Atachi; transfer to Mogilev; transfer on foot to Romanca via Shargorod and Luchinets, including hunger, hardships...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rita Riva (Gershgorin) Kreizel, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Calarasi, Gulyayevka, in hiding and in Berezovka, Mostovoi and other places

Testimony of Rita Riva (Gershgorin) Kreizel, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Calarasi, Gulyayevka, in hiding and in Berezovka, Mostovoi and other places Her childhood in a traditional family of merchants, including attending a Romanian elementary school and a Romanian high school. Red Army occupation of Calarasi, 1939; deportation of merchants and wealthy people to the Soviet Union; Romanian Army occupation of Calarasi, 1941; deportation on foot to Gulyayevka including people freezing to death; digging of a mass grave in Gulyayevka; mass murder; witness pretends to be dead;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Israel Kasovicz, born in Cluj, (Hungary) Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child on the Kasztner train and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Israel Kasovicz, born in Cluj, (Hungary) Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child on the Kasztner train and in Bergen-Belsen Family life; the Jewish community; studies; Gordonia activities by his father. Transfer to Cluj as refugees; draft of his father to labor service and to forced labor; desertion of his father; murder; numerus clausus and numerus nullus; arrest and interrogations; transfer to Budapest and being hidden in Jewish homes; his family joins the Kasztner group following his father's request; transport on a train to Bergen-Belsen and a stopover in Linz, Austria;...

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zipora (Spodek) Rom, born in Brody, Poland, 1929, regarding her experiences in the Brody Ghetto, being hidden by an Ukrainian, in a forest and in labor battalions in Poland and Germany using a false identity Childhood in a wealthy and intellectual household; displays of antisemitism before the war. Soviet occupation; restrictions; deportation to Siberia; German occupation, June 1941; mass murder of the Jewish leadership in the forest; establishment of a Judenrat; preparation of a hiding place; first "Aktion" with cooperation of the Ukrainian Police; deportation of the Jews of Brody and the...

File Number : 13241

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Kogan, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto

Testimony of Abraham Kogan, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto Life before the war; raised in a religious-Zionist family. The Soviet occupation, June 1940; German-Romanian occupation, July 1941; burning of the synagogue; murder of 300 Jews by the river banks, including Rabbi Marek, the Chief Rabbi; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, Sukkot (October) 1941; expansion of the ghetto; the family home inside the ghetto, order to report to the train station for deportation, October 1941; receiving an exemption from deportation from the governor, Corneliu Calotescu,...

File Number : 13181

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mita (Tzirulnik) Shimshonovich, born in Baranowicze, Poland, 1917, regarding her experiences in the Baranowicze Ghetto and in hiding in a forest in the family camp of the Bielski brothers Life before the war; from a traditional family; receiving a Hebrew education; Hashomer Hatzair activities. "Aktions" for young and elderly Jews; burial of the young and elderly in a mass grave; life in the Baranovicze Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; remaining with artisans; deportation to a camp; camp life including labor in cleaning and laundry; preparations for escape; digging a tunnel under the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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